Five ISIS members imprisoned in Kocaeli have escaped from jail.

Jailed ISIS members Gökhan Bulut, İrfan Yıldız, Raşit Karadağ, Serdar Sarıçam and Duran Çoban had been transferred to Kocaeli Open Prison two weeks ago on their demand.

The five convicts were transferred to the open prison despite intelligence reports stating them as flight risks, and they escaped on May 3.

Three of the convicts have been caught while the whereabouts of the remaining two are unknown.

The lenience provided by the state to the point of allowing a jail break is significant, considering the various methods of torture used on political prisoners in Turkish jails across the country.