Date: 3 SEPTEMBER 2025 Subject: Urgent Update on Pit-Type Prisons and Prisoner Resistance in Turkey 1. Introduction This briefing provides an overview of Turkey’s S-, R-, and Y-type high-security prisons (also called “Well-Type” or “Pit-Type”), their architecture, history of resistance, and current human rights concerns. These prisons are part of a post-2000 “new generation” high-security … Continue reading UPDATES AND INFO ON THE HISTORICAL STRUGGLE TO ISOLATION PRISONS IN TURKEY