KURDWATCH, August 11, 2012—Informants from al‑Hasakah's central prison have reported to KurdWatch that by August 6, 2012, all one hundred and eighty inmates of al‑Qamishli's central prison and the twelve inmates in the al‑Malikiyah (Dêrik) prison had been transferred to al‑Hasakah. The al‑Malikiyah prison was subsequently turned over to the Democratic Union Party  (PYD). Thus far al‑Qamishli's central prison remains under state control.