Friday, April 26 2019 17:47

ArmInfo. The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia continues the process of verifying the legality and proportionality of decisions taken on the implementation of the basic rights of prisoners and convicted in penitentiary institutions,  observance of the order and conditions of serving the sentence, as  well as disciplinary penalties and incentives applied to prisoners.

According to the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office,  the next inspection was carried out at the Kosh prison. As a result  of the inspection, some violations were identified.

In particular, it was found that, at least once a year, medical and  preventive studies are not carried out at the penitentiary facility,  and the staff of the penitentiary institution, violating the  government's decision, did not in all cases make daily visits to  persons in punishment cells. Violations were also found in making  broadcasts for prisoners. In particular, the indication of the number  and types of certain items in the package have been summarized. Thus,  it was impossible to adopt whether the number of these items in the  program corresponds to the data indicated in the declaration or not.  However, data transmissions were accepted.

During the tour in the residential area of the penitentiary, in the  summer pavilions, engraved or painted signs characteristic of the  criminal subculture were found, and in the shelter of the  penitentiary facility there were plants and animals there without  permission of the head of the penitentiary institution.

Also during the inspections it was established that the  administration of the penitentiary unit did not fulfill the mandatory  requirement to send a request at the place of residence of the  released to the relevant territorial police department, about the  possibility of residence of the convict at the specified address  within the prescribed time limits. This is important from the point  of view of clarifying the corresponding addresses and further  monitoring the behavior of the person being released from punishment.

Violations related to the observance of the use of video calls and  telephone calls by persons contained in the MIS were also recorded.  Also, violations were recorded in fulfilling the requirements for  attracting convicts to work on technical and economic maintenance of  the penitentiary institution, and there were also violations related  to the quarantine department for persons housed in open and half-open  parts of the correctional institution.  During the inspections, an  employee of the Prosecutor General's Office visited all the cells of  the penitentiary, spoke personally with the prisoners and learned  about the conditions in which they are held, and then answered their  questions. At the same time, the head of the department for  supervision of the legality of the use of punishments and other  coercive measures of the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia  expressed satisfaction with the compliance of the sanitary and  hygienic conditions of the territory and residential territory of the  Kosh penal institution with the established standards and consistency  of the administration aimed at improving the situation in this  direction .  Some of the violations found were eliminated on the  spot. It was instructed to eliminate other violations, and to report  on the results of the work done to the Prosecutor General's Office of  Armenia.