Acting Corrections Minister: time for small prisons, modern monitoring
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The acting Minister of Corrections of Georgia Kakha Kakhishvili told lawmakers today that a project has been prepared which envisages the building of small prisons in Georgia, which will house 500 prisoners each.
Kakhiashvili says that such prisons are easy to manage and carry lower risks, as dangerous, less dangerous and obedient prisoners are separated.
Kakhiashvili also said that modern technologies will aid in the task of monitoring.
Kakhishvili said that on June 26, on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the seventh prison of Georgia will close, as the prison is associated with ill treatment of and poor conditions for inmates.
According to Minister of Corrections Kakha Kakhishvili, Stavros Lambrinidis has recommended to present Georgian achievements in the penitentiary system within the General Debate framework of the UN General Assembly 73rd session since "It would Provide the international community with information on how to implement successful reform in a short period of time.”
The Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Minister of Corrections Kakha Kakhishvili have met today to create a working group, involving the president’s and ministry staff to eradicate the shortcomings in the existing pardon procedure.
The Georgian Minister of Corrections Kakhi Kakhishvili has told the Georgian media that he intends to initiate a draft in parliament to restrict "undesired” phone calls by inmates to ex-wives or wives, if the women address the ministry with such a request.
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Today a group of diplomatic corps and media representatives saw first-hand how the Ministry remotely controlled juvenile inmates from the newly established Electric Monitoring Centre of the National Probation Agency.
The Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze stated at today’s briefing that he has appointed former Minister of Corrections Kakha Kakhishvili as the new head of the government administration.