The T1 Closed Prison in Amed, which is the second largest in Turkey after the Silivri Prison, has been completed. The prison complex, with a capacity of 2080 people, includes sections for women’s and children’s prisons and it will be turned over to the Ministry of Justice in the coming days.

Some cells in the prison have soundproofed doors and walls. The Ministry of Justice’s program includes another prison, to be called T2, in Amed alongside the T1.

The second largest prison in Turkey after the Silivri Prison, the Amed T1 Prison will go into service in the coming days alongside the Type E Prison and Type D High Security Prison. Construction for the T1 Closed Prison built on then-Prime Minister Erdoğan’s orders has been completed. The prison is built on a 413 decares of land.

T1 is planned to be turned over to the Ministry of Justice before the year is over. The prison includes two prison blocks of 636 people capacity, a Women’s Prison of 280 people capacity, a Children’s Prison of 288 people capacity and an Open Prison of 240 people capacity.

SECOND PRISON T2 “HERALDED” ON MINISTRY’S WEBSITE

The Ministry of Justice’s official website includes information on the prisons in Turkey, where they are and what capacity they have. Information for T1 can be found on the website as well, and according to the website the T1 has retinal biometrics, sensitive gates used for electronic searches on entry and exit to the buildings and X-Ray scanners.

The ministry’s website also has an announcement that a second prison project called the T2 is in the works alongside the T1 prison.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THOSE CELLS?

Photographs from the completed T1 Closed Prison in Amed show a completed prison with minor work missing, like electrical installation and furniture. There are women’s and children’s prisons and wards for 1, 3 and 8 persons, and there are some soundproofed cells. In these cells, there are no beds and only a Turkish-style squat toilet.

ERDOĞAN HAD MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT

The then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had announced the demolition of the Type E Closed Prison associated with the resistance against the September 12 coup and the construction of a new prison in a rally in Amed Station Square on September 3. Erdoğan’s words were: “Oh if this Diyarbakır Prison could talk about what happened after September 12. Oh the walls of this Ward No.5 could speak and talk about the torture within. We are shutting down the Diyarbakır Prison. We will build the new prison as soon as possible, and we will demolish the infamous prison as soon as it is completed. We do not want that place constantly reminding us of September 12.”