Maltepe Juvenile Closed Prison and Maltepe Open Prison

8.30am – 12.30pm GMT+03:00, 31 October 2025 ‐ 4 hours

Facility Visits

Maltepe Juvenile Closed Prison became operational in 2008. It is located within the Maltepe  Prisons Campus in Istanbul province and is approximately 25 kilometres from the conference venue. The campus comprises 5 prisons: 3 L-type closed prisons, 1 juvenile closed prison and 1 open prison. Maltepe Juvenile Closed Prison was designed based on a single-occupancy room system and built on a total area of 38.000 m2. It consists of 3 blocks each containing 12 units, with each unit comprising 9 single-occupancy rooms.
 
The institution is equipped with various facilities, including 1 indoor sports hall, 1 outdoor football field with a soil surface, and one artificial turf field. In addition, the institution also hosts 2 workshops comprising 8 ateliers used for the education and rehabilitation of juveniles. To support ongoing educational activities, the prison offers 4 classrooms, 2 computer rooms, a library, and a multipurpose hall that serves as a cinema and is also used for meetings, seminars and similar group activities.There are 2 open visitation areas, 3 closed visitation rooms with a capacity of 7 persons each, 9 lawyer consultation rooms, 3 SEGBİS rooms and 3 family visitation rooms. Within the scope of the ACEP Project, 36 multimedia communication (MMC) devices have been installed. These enable inmates to make audio and video calls, carry out canteen shopping, complete online payments, and access various digital services. It will also be possible to visit the Maltepe Open Prison during the programme. The open prison, located within the same campus, operates under a lighter regime, which is generally applied in the final stage of sentence execution.
 
The bus will depart at 8:30 AM to visit Maltepe Juvenile Closed Prison and Maltepe Open Type Prison, returning at 12:30 PM.