CHP Deputy Chairman Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi stated that the public has not been informed about the problems, measures and practices in prisons since the beginning of the pandemic.
Republican People's Party Deputy Chairman and Istanbul Deputy Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi revealed that the situation in prisons is even worse during the pandemic process that is not transparently managed, “According to the latest statement of the Ministry, at least 51 prisoners have lost their lives due to covid since the beginning of the pandemic. "Deaths that were not detected to be covid due to the lack of widespread testing are not included in this number," he said.
CHP Deputy Chairman Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi stated that the public has not been informed about the problems, measures and practices in prisons since the beginning of the pandemic, and said, “Like the whole process, the prison data is also not transparent. Even according to the data announced by the ministry, it is clear that many preventable deaths have occurred. On the other hand, the claims that the currently limited rights of the prisoners were further limited with the pandemic and that their communication with the outside was minimized along with the risk of disease does not fall off the agenda," he said.
CHP's Akkuş İlgezdi said, “Due to the non-transparent process, we cannot get enough information from prisons. There are some very serious allegations that come to us. Just as the disease spread rapidly, deaths increased due to healthy prisoners staying with the sick, and the disease could not be controlled because there was no testing. "Administrators and ministry officials who are spectators to preventable deaths are the perpetrators of these deaths," he said.
3rd and 4th dose not being given?
Drawing attention to the importance of the vaccine, Akkuş İlgezdi emphasized that, according to the vaccine statistics announced by the Ministry on January 4, the rate of those who received the 1st dose of vaccine was 95 percent, and the rate of those who received the 2nd dose of vaccine was 87. "This leaves people in prison vulnerable to new variants," he said.
Deputy Chairman Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi, who also brought the issue to the Parliament's Agenda, in her parliamentary question to the Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ,
“Did regular PCR testing be done in prisons during the pandemic process? If not, what is the reason?
How many prisoners have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in prisons since the beginning of the pandemic, and how many have died due to Covid-19?
How many doses of which vaccines were given to prisoners in prisons in which periods?
Are the allegations in the press that the prisoners staying in the quarantine wards are not given their needs such as newspapers, radio, TV, and books? Are newspaper, TV, book and radio bans included in the treatment and isolation regulation prepared by the Ministry of Health? Do these bans have any significance in the fight against Covid-19?
Is it true that the detainees and convicts who were transferred from different prisons or admitted to the institution for different reasons were initially taken to the wards where they would stay in the quarantine wards without waiting?
Are the claims that detainees and convicts in the risk group because they have chronic diseases and the prisoners who should stay in the quarantine ward are kept in the same areas?
Are the allegations made to the public that the administrative areas in prisons are disinfected and that these procedures are not carried out in the common areas used by the prisoners, are they true?
Do children who stay with their mothers in prisons stay with their mothers when their mother's PCR tests are positive? For this reason, is there any prisoner child caught in Covid-19? If yes, is there anyone who was treated in hospitals and died? What is the distribution of these children by age groups?
In the statement of Penitentiary Institutions During the Kovid-19 Pandemic Process -II published by the General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses: "All detainees and convicts in prisons are distributed free of charge cleaning and hygiene materials, as well as free masks (for them to use when they need to go out of their rooms or wards). and gloves are provided”. However, complaints from prisoners indicate that there is a problem in accessing these products. How often are prisoners provided with masks? Is it true that some prisoners cannot access it and can obtain it for money in prison?
Is it true to claim that cleaning supplies were not distributed to prisoners despite applications for free access? Is it true that in some prisons, free supplies are given to some wards while others are not?
Which products are given free of charge to which wards and under which conditions, and what is the reason why these products are not given to all prisoners who request them?
If these allegations are true, what is the reason why the "Cleaning - Mask - Distance" rule, which you have shortened as TMM, is not applied in prisons? Do you plan to reward the personnel who sentence people to death and persist in this practice, which means "punishment within punishment"? sought answers to his questions.
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