Ünal Volkan, Özgün Ünal Esra, Çetinkaya Zafer, İmalı Murat, Gürler Selçuk, Koç Sermet
The Council of Forensic Medicine, Bahcelievler, Istanbul 34196, Turkey.
Department of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2016 Apr;39:16-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2016.01.009. Epub 2016 Jan 12.
The occurred death of a convict in prison, police custody cell or in a hospital always attracts public attention and can be considered as a complex phenomenon. The aim of this study is to evaluate the data obtained from autopsies performed to the custody and prison deaths in Istanbul and to discuss the possible solutions by comparing with the literature. It is also aimed to discuss the postponement of the sentence and presidential amnesty facts in Turkey. Deaths of inmates, which occurred in hospitals, prisons, prison medical rooms, police vans and police custody cells between 2010 and 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey were included in the study. Totally 125 cases were found and 98.4% of them were male. Natural deaths accounted for a great majority of deaths (83.2%). The most common natural cause was cardiovascular diseases. Unnatural deaths accounted for 15.2% of the deaths. Death reason cannot be determined for 1.6% of the cases. More than half of the cases (56%) were died at the hospital, 34.4% were died at the prison, 4% of them at the police van, 3.2% were died under police custody and 2.4% were died at the prison medical room. Moreover, twelve of these cases had applied to Third Specialization Board previously for postponement of the sentence or Presidential amnesty. Totally five of these cases found suitable for postponement of the sentence. Prison conditions should be improved, prisoners with chronic diseases should be examined periodically and if appropriate their sentences should be postponed until they heal.
监狱、警方拘留所或医院内发生的囚犯死亡事件总会引起公众关注，且可被视为一种复杂现象。本研究旨在评估从对伊斯坦布尔拘留及监狱死亡案例进行尸检所获得的数据，并通过与文献对比来探讨可能的解决方案。同时，本研究还旨在讨论土耳其的缓刑和总统赦免情况。本研究纳入了2010年至2012年期间发生在土耳其伊斯坦布尔的医院、监狱、监狱医务室、警车及警方拘留所内的囚犯死亡案例。共发现125例，其中98.4%为男性。自然死亡占死亡案例的绝大多数（83.2%）。最常见的自然死因是心血管疾病。非自然死亡占死亡案例的15.2%。1.6%的案例无法确定死因。超过半数的案例（56%）死于医院，34.4%死于监狱，4%死于警车，3.2%死于警方拘留期间，2.4%死于监狱医务室。此外，这些案例中有12例此前已向第三专业委员会申请缓刑或总统赦免。其中共有5例被认为适合缓刑。应改善监狱条件，定期对患有慢性病的囚犯进行检查，若情况合适，应将其刑期推迟至康复。
