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A 20-year-old prisoner in Van lost his life. His cause of death was recorded as "heart attack."

Banned by Kocaeli Prison administration, Yürüyüş magazine has been “acquitted” by a Constitutional Court verdict. However, Van Prison has not recognized the verdict and not given the magazine to the inmate appealing to court for four years.

After four inmates from Van Prison went on a three-day hunger strike in support of hunger striking Grup Yorum music band members, the inmates have been “laid off from their paid jobs in prison for a month”.

'Sesimiz' (Our Voice) magazine, which is published by inmates, has been banned because some comic strips were deemed objectionable. The glass plates on the cell doors have been covered with iron to prevent inmates from speaking to each other.

Judgeship of Execution in Van has overruled its own verdict that allows inmates to send and receive letters. The verdict has been issued to inmates one year later. A letter sent to bianet has not reached us though the court ruled that it is “not objectionable.”

An inmate, whose letters that tell right violations have been returned for being “inconvenient”, has sent a letter reading “I don’t explain the conditions, I hope you understand them” from Van Type F Prison.

The typewriter cleaner has been prohibited by the management in Van Type F Prison due to the following reason: “It can be used in jailbreak”.