Al-Hasakah Central Prison

In 1993, Kurdish prisoners protested the conditions at the central prison.{{cite book|author=David L. Phillips|title=The Kurdish Spring: A New Map of the Middle East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nh8xDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT86|date=5 July 2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-351-48036-9|page=86}} Syrian security forces stormed the prison on March 23, 1993, which lead to 61 prisoners burning to death, and the subsequent execution of another five.{{cite news |publisher=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |author=Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |title=Syria: Whether a fire was set at Hasaka prison on 24 March 1993 killing around 60 people |date=May 23, 2000 |quote=AFP stated that on 20 May 1993 five Syrian prisoners were hanged after being found guilty of setting fire to the al-Hasaka Prison and causing the deaths of 57 victims (15 June 1993). |url=http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad5620.html}}

The Islamic State captured the prison in 2015 from Syrian government forces, releasing all inmates.{{cite news |publisher=Reuters |title=Islamic State says frees prisoners in Syrian city of Hasaka |quote=Islamic State said on Friday it had freed prisoners held at a jail in the city of Hasaka that it is fighting to seize from government forces. |first=Ali |last=Abdelatti |editor-first=Mark |editor-last=Heinrich |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-prison/islamic-state-says-frees-prisoners-in-syrian-city-of-hasaka-idUSKBN0P622V20150626 |date=June 26, 2015}}{{cite news |quote=The IS on Friday continued to advance against the government forces, storming the central prison of Hasaka, and releasing all inmates, Arab media cited the IS reports as saying. |title=Inmates set free as IS storming Syria Hasaka prison |date=June 27, 2015 |publisher=Xinhua News Agency |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-06/27/c_134359818.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220151941/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-06/27/c_134359818.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2018}} The prison was then used as base by the Islamic State, before being captured by Syrian Armed Forces during the 2015 battle of al-Hasakah.{{cite news |quote=Syria's official SANA news agency also reported the fighting, saying the army had retaken several positions captured by ISIS in recent days, including an electricity station and a prison being used as a military base. |title=Syria army pushes ISIS back from Hasaka |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/06/07/Syria-army-pushes-is-back-from-Hassakeh.html |publisher=Al Arabiya English |date=June 7, 2015}}

The prison was captured by Asayish forces during the 2016 battle of al-Hasakah.{{cite news |url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=49724 |title=Kurdish forces control about 90% of Al-Hasakah city |quote=Al-Hasaka Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The Kurdish forces managed to take control of Al-Hasakah central prison in the city of Al-Hasakah, after violent clashes between Kurdish forces and the Internal Kurdish Security Forces “Asayish” against the regime forces and NDF in the prison area, which make the Kurdish forces in control of about 90% of Al-Hasakah city. |publisher=Syrian Observatory for Human Rights |date=August 22, 2016}}{{cite news |url=https://kurds.liveuamap.com/en/2016/23-august-photos-of-hesek-hasakah-central-prison-now-under |title=Photos of Hesekê Hasakah Central Prison, now under Asayish control |publisher=Liveuamap |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220022325/https://kurds.liveuamap.com/en/2016/23-august-photos-of-hesek-hasakah-central-prison-now-under |archive-date=February 20, 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O74FaaX2T9E |title=ji nava girtîgeha navendî ya #Hesekê - rapor Hoşeng Hesen |first=Hoşeng |last=Hesen |publisher=Ronahî TV via YouTube |date=August 23, 2016 |access-date=February 19, 2018}}

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