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Prisons in Bahrain are fully owned and operated by the state. They are run by 3 different security forces, including the National Security Agency (NSA), the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) and the Ministry of Interior (MoI). Administration of prisons is overseen by a number of judicial authorities as well as the public prosecution. Out of a total of 20 prisons, there are 4 main prisons, one of which is for women. The main prisons are: Al Qurain Prison (run by BDF), Dry Dock Detention Center, Juw Prison and Isa Town Detention Center for women (run by MoI). During the periods 1975-1999 and 2007-2011 torture in prisons became widespread and systematic leading to the deaths of up to 23 individuals. ==Detention of juveniles== Until recently (late 2011), children older than fifteen (but under 18) were tried in a criminal court rather than in juvenile court. In 2001 the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention recommended that "all juvenile detention centers run by the Ministry of Interior be transferred to the Ministry of Social Development". As of 2010 this recommendation hadn't been implemented despite the decision of the Council of Ministers on 4 December 2005 to make the transfer. In 2011 some children were brought in front of martial courts. During security crackdowns on political and human rights activists in August 2010, 76 children were reportedly arrested including a ten-year-old child. In total 355 individuals were arrested of which children made up 21 percent. The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights said that the NSA was behind most of the arrests and "continuous physical assaults" on the children. Authorities claimed that most of the children arrested were engaged in protests and protest-related activities such as tire burning. Children were reportedly held in the same detention centers as adult prisoners being tried on criminal accusations such as illegal drug distribution. Lawyers reported that some children had suffered beatings and showed marks of torture, and two children had complained about mistreatment during trial.〔 The BCHR has documented 188 cases of child arrests during the Bahraini uprising which were described as "unlawful and many cases fall under kidnapping or abduction". Almost all of them reported mistreatment while in detention and some were transported to hospitals after being detained and had torture marks. They were allegedly psychologically abused and two of them reported being sexually assaulted. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prisons in Bahrain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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