ANKARA - The Ministry of Justice, which responses the parliamentary question of CHP İstanbul MP Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi, announced that there are 624 children in prison with their mothers from November 14, 2017.

 

The number of children aged 0-6 who were held in prison with their mothers increased by 20 percent compared to the previous year. The Ministry of Justice, which responses the parliamentary question of CHP İstanbul MP Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi, announced that there are 624 children in prison with their mothers as of November 14, 2017.

 

The Ministry replied the question about children, who were diagnosed with severe illness beside her mother, "There are no statistical data on the number of children, who have been diagnosed with serious illness in 2003-2017."