A weekend fire at one prison in Turkey killed 13 inmates . The blaze broke out on the third floor of a jail where prisoners were being held for drug offenses and other crimes, according to state-run Anadolu Agency. Late Saturday night a fire broke out in the dormitory of a prison in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa . An activist says the prison is nearly four times over its intended capacity . Government officials say Turkey is upgrading its prison system .
A weekend fire at one prison in Turkey killed 13 inmates . The blaze broke out on the third floor of a jail where prisoners were being held for drug offenses and other crimes, according to state-run Anadolu Agency. An activist says the prison is nearly four times over its intended capacity . Government officials say Turkey is upgrading its prison system .