Fashafouyeh Prison
The Great Tehran 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 thousands of prisoners have been or are being transferred to the Great Tehran 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 Great Tehran Penitentiary, as well as the prison’s poor living conditions and ill treatment of detainees.[3]
Near the prison is a Cemetery for Executed Prisoners (Persian: قبرستان زندانیان اعدامی).[4]
References
- ^ هفت هزار نفر به زندان جدید تهران در فشافویه منتقل شدند - BBC Persian - Sept. 2012
- ^ IRAN: Tehran Central Prison inmates continue hunger strike - ncr-iran.org
- ^ Iran’s Judiciary Sues Editor for Exposing Corruption and Poor Treatment of Inmates at Major Penitentiary - iranhumanrights.org
- ^ قبرستان زندانیان اعدامی
