Prisoners ignited fires in three Turkish jails following a riot the same day in a Şanlıurfa prison in which 13 inmates died June 16 in a protest against poor living conditions, Hurriyet Daily News reported.

Political prisoners in Gaziantep prison started a fire in solidarity with the riot in Şanlıurfa, just as juvenile prisoners in Adana's Ceyhan prison torched blankets and mattresses.

Prisoners at the Adana prison said they started the fire due to water shortages at the facility; whistles from prisoners could be heard from outside as firefighters struggled to put out the flames.

The number of prisoners has increased to 132,000 from 69,000 over the last 10 years even though Turkey’s penitentiaries only had a total capacity of 125,000 people as of April 2012.

Over 36,400 prisoners are detainees awaiting trial while over 95,600 have been convicted.