[SYRIAHR] The areas of Afrin, Jandiras, al-Bab, al-Ra’i and Azaz are a major centre for the prisons of Ottoman Turkish-backed factions in northern Aleppo, which belong to the judiciary and the police. Torture is limited in this type of prisons due to the Ottoman Turkish censorship, while the factions have their own temporary detention centres where they carry out all kinds of abuses, such as ransom demands, arbitrary arrests, personal purposes with civilians, particularly Kurds. Detainees in these prisons are being brutally tortured.
The prison administration in the areas held by Ottoman Turkish-backed factions, north of Aleppo, is taking precautionary measures in light of the outbreak of coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
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pandemic, where specialized medical teams supervise prisons and work to sterilize them and conduct periodic check-ups for all prisoners.
A hospital in Afrin was allocated to quarantine infected cases with coronavirus, as well as setting up quarantine tents for infected people.
In the "Peace Spring" areas, there are 22 prisons and detention centres of Ottoman Turkish-backed factions, in the areas of Ras al-Ain in rural al-Hasakeh and Tal Abyad in northern rural al-Raqqa.
These prisons hold more than 3,000 prisoners, while there are currently about 1,200 prisoners for various crimes. Murderers, thieves and those who committed heinous crimes are being placed in these prisons, while those accused of having links to SDF are being transferred directly to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
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for higher investigations and military trials.
On April 3, the "Interim Government" granted a general amnesty for crimes committed before April 1.
The amnesty has included fully de-penalization of minor offences, and for felonies by half and fully de-penalization for 70-year-olds, and for those with an incurable disease confirmed by a medical report of the medical committee formed for this purpose, and who need permanent medical care that cannot be provided in prison.
The amnesty has exempt several cases under the military penal code and the general penal code.
On the other hand, there are four official prisons in HTS-controlled areas, in central Idlib, Harem, Salqin and Bab al-Hawa. The number of prisoners is of about 1,500, in addition to some 20 unofficial prisons in various areas of Aleppo, Idlib and Latakia provinces, the most prominent of which is an unofficial one known as "The Punishment", which is located near Kansafra before HTS transferred prisoners to another place.
There are also several female prisoners in western Aleppo countryside, and rural Ariha, Harem and Derkoush near the border, the city of Jisr al-Shughour and the Kfaraidin area near al-Ghassaniya.
Prison staff are following instructions and precautionary measures, by wearing masks, adhering to hygiene rules and sterilizing. 
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