İZMİR - The prisoners who were beaten and put into solitary confinement at the entrance of Afyon Karahisar Type T Prison, where they were imposed a strip search, filed a criminal complaint about the prison administration. The prison administration reacted to the complaints, asking why they filed criminal complaints.
16 prisoners from Bandırma No 1 and No 2 Type T Closed Prison were beaten by the guards when they reacted to the strip search they were imposed upon in front of Afyon Karahisar Type T Prison were they were transferred to. Some of the prisoners were put in solitary confinement after the beating. One of these prisoners, Kerem Budak had scars and bruises on his body, his brother Burak Budak says, he saw when he went to visit his brother.
Telling that his brother, who was arrested with the allegation of “being a member of the organization” because of participating in student activities when he was a 3rd grade student at the Marmara University Communication Department in 2009, said his brother continued his education following his release but got arrested again in 2013 and sentenced to 19 years in prison.
Budak stated that his brother and the other prisoners who were transferred to Karahisar Prison against their will and without informing their families were beaten by the gendermeries while they were being transferred and they were imposed a strip search entering the prison. Budak also stated that even though the scars and bruises were still visible on his brother, the prisoners were not given a assault report. Budak also explained that his brother told him they were being pressured by the prison administration because they filed criminal complaints about the incident.
Budak stated that 9 of the 16 prisoners that were newly transferred were put in solitary confinement after the incident.
Therefore, Burak Budak stated that they made an application to the Human Rights Association (İHD) and filed a complaint to the Ministry of Justice, but said that there was no return from the Ministry. Budak said, “Our demand as a family is that the prisoners be held in humanitarian conditions. This is their main task. We want them to fulfill their duties. In other words, putting people into solitary confinement is against humanity and law. We do not accept these impositions."
Prison officials that we called to confirm these statements were contented with saying that they could not provide information on the phone.