Turkey considers freeing some detainees as virus menaces prison populations
Like other countries fearing an outbreak of COVID-19 in overcrowded prisons, Turkey is debating wether to free some of its 300,000 prisoners — but no political detainees, rights groups observe.
![TURKEY-SECURITY/GEZI Silivri Prison complex is pictured in Silivri near Istanbul, Turkey, June 24, 2019. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir - RC1D23495C00](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/04/RTS2JG1X.jpg/RTS2JG1X.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=Xnn1hDFA)
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