RT Article
T1 Women Behind the Bars in Turkey
JF Women & criminal justice
VO 31
IS 3
SP 225
OP 241
A1 Akın, Gülden
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1755889313
AB This paper analyzes the status of incarcerated women in Turkey’s prisons. Data was collected from prison records and interviews with ten former women inmates. Women’s institutions are overcrowded, lack sufficient food and sanitation facilities, and are located in remote locations a substantial distance from the women’s families. It was also found that there is a sexist approach that underscores the treatment of women prisoners, and women with children are struggling with the separation from their children. However, although Turkey’s women’s prisons are in need of revision, the institutions do offer much needed educational and work opportunities for incarcerated women. These educational and work opportunities are a bright spot for prisons in Turkey.
K1 mother prisoners
K1 Education
K1 Overcrowding
K1 Turkey
K1 Prison
K1 Women
DO 10.1080/08974454.2019.1673875