Georgian prisoners employed in public service for first time
With the initiative of Georgian Justice Minister 10 inmates will be employed in the public service. Photo: shutterstock.
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For the first time in Georgia prisoners will be employed in public service and receive income from the state budget.
Per the decision of Georgian Justice Minister Tea Tsulukiani 10 inmates from Gldani #8 prison will be employed in the document digitisation project of the Georgian Service Development Agency of the Ministry of Justice.
Justice Minister Tea Tsulukiani said such projects are crucial for inmates. Photo: Justice Ministry press office.
The project will kick off tomorrow in the prison and each involved inmate will receive 300 GEL [100 USD] monthly salary for the job.
It is an unprecedented project. The goal of such projects is to help the resocialization and rehabilitation process of inmates,” Tsulukiani said.
Another, agricultural project in the same prison employs seven inmates.
The Georgian Justice Ministry, with the partnership of the charity Apkhazeti, has allocated funds for 142 former prisoners between 2013 and 2019 to help them start businesses.
Inmates in Gldani #8 prison, in the outskirts of Tbilisi, have harvested beans, greens, cucumbers, tomatoes and raspberries to sell them and receive income.
Georgia and the International Criminal Court (ICC) have signed an agreement today regarding the enforcement of justice.
A prisoners employment project has been launched at Gldani prison and inmates planted three species of raspberry and sowed beans at a land plot especially allocated for the work.