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Human rights activist, Zafer Kıraç, has staged a peaceful protest for the imprisoned children to be able to send letters free of charge, Undersecretary Kenan İpek promised a solution meeting for the next week.

Rights organizations and trade associations have reacted against juvenile prisons planned to be built, and that called for juvenile judicial system that implements alternative methods rather than prisons.

Members of Juvenile Prisons Must Be Banned Initiative raised their voices with the participation of children. “Juvenile prisons must be closed and not children,” said Betül Kaplan, spokesperson of the initiative.