Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary
The Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary (Persian: ندامتگاه مرکزی تهران بزرگ) is a prison approximately 32 km (20 mi) south of Tehran.
Sometimes called Tehran Central Prison, it is a large prison, also known as "فشافویه ", "Fashafoyeh" or "Hasanabad Qom Prison". It was built in 2012 in the Hassan_Abad region south of Tehran, in the deserts of the Tehran-Qom road.[1]
Several thousand prisoners have been or are being transferred to the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary from Evin, Gohardasht (Rajai Shahr) and Ghezel Hessar prisons.[2]
In June 2016, the Ghanoon newspaper is being sued for describing a money-making operation through the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary, as well as the prison’s poor living conditions and ill treatment of detainees.[3]
In August 2017, a detainee describes torture and inhumane conditions, including overcrowding, unsanitary living spaces, intolerable heat with severely limited water resources and the denial of medical care.[4]
Near the prison is a Cemetery for Executed Prisoners (Persian: قبرستان زندانیان اعدامی).[5]
References
- ↑ "BBC فارسی - خبرهای کوتاه - هفت هزار نفر به زندان جدید تهران در فشافویه منتقل شدند". bbc.com.
- ↑ editor-m. "IRAN: Tehran Central Prison inmates continue hunger strike - National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)". www.ncr-iran.org.
- ↑ "Iran's Judiciary Sues Editor for Exposing Corruption and Poor Treatment of Inmates at Major Penitentiary – Center for Human Rights in Iran". www.iranhumanrights.org.
- ↑ "Labor Activist Describes Torture and Inhumane Living Conditions at Iran's Largest Prison – Center for Human Rights in Iran". www.iranhumanrights.org.
- ↑ "Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!". wikimapia.org.