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Convicts for economic crimes to be placed in separate cells

Georgia’s President with Pardon Commission will discuss to pardon life imprisoned people. Photo by N.Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Agenda.ge, 06 Jun 2017 - 12:40, Tbilisi,Georgia

From now on the Ministry of Corrections will send convicts for different crimes in separate cells.

The Ministry explained that those imprisoned for financial, business, cyber and similar crimes would be placed separately from other convicts.

The change has already been activated.

On June 2 the Ministry also announced that smoking and non-smoking prisoners would be placed in separate cells.

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