{"id":5466,"date":"2008-08-05T04:24:18","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T03:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/5466-iran-riot-in-yazd-central-prison"},"modified":"2023-01-13T03:01:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T02:01:23","slug":"iran-riot-in-yazd-central-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-riot-in-yazd-central-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Riot in Yazd central prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-32370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2008\/08\/prison-riot-150.jpg\" alt=\"prison-riot-yazd150\" title=\"prison-riot-yazd150\" width=\"150\" height=\"98\" align=\"right\" \/>NCRI &#8211; A big prison riot broke out on Monday in the central city of Yazd. Prisoners were repeatedly ill treated and insulted by the prison guards. <\/p>\n<p>Prisoners are often harassed by the city&#039;s prosecutor who visits the facility every weekend, according to the Resistance sources in Iran. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are 300 inmates who have mostly been transferred from other places to the prison. <\/p>\n<p>Prison riots are not isolated events in Iran. Extreme prison conditions often drive the inmates into riots. The most recent was on January 16 when prisoners in ward 5 of the notorious Gohardasht prison, 40 kilometers west of the capital, went into a rampage protesting to cell block&#039;s lack of proper heating and food rations. <\/p>\n<p>In that incident, the special units of the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) beat up the rioters and transferred 40 inmates to an unknown location. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; A big prison riot broke out on Monday in the central city of Yazd. 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