PM Garibashvili praises Justice Ministry, says ‘we have exemplary situation' in prisons
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that the Georgian Dream government put an end to torture of prisoners, ‘which was widely used by the United National Movement government’, back in 2012. Photo: government of Georgia press office.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has stated that the situation in Georgian prisons is ‘exemplary’ and that the Georgian Dream government put an end to torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners as soon as they took office back in 2012.
While making a speech at the presentation of a 10-year-plan of the country’s Justice Ministry earlier today, Garibashvili said that ‘additional steps will be made to further improve the situation in prisons.’
The Justice Ministry has big plans and initiatives to make life more comfortable for all Georgian citizens,” Garibashvili stated.
Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze stated that the ministry has 21 goals in the fields of public services, crime prevention and enforcement of justice, making laws and international cooperation to be achieved in the following 10 years.
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He stated that currently 420 services are available at 26 justice houses and 85 community centres around the country and promised that by 2030 all Georgian citizens will be able to receive these services near their homes.
Bregadze says that the Justice Ministry has 21 goals to be achieved in the following years. Photo: Justice Ministry press office.
Bregadze said that a mobile justice house project will be implemented soon for remote villages.
Our employees in minibuses will ensure the provision of all 420 services for the individuals living in remote villages,” Bregadze said.
He stated that in the coming months, an online justice house concept will be presented and said that individuals will be able to receive a number of services online or via a mobile application.
Offering online services will be particularly comfortable for Georgian emigrants,” Bregadze said.
He stated that the ministry has plans to ensure various new services to prevent crimes and help minors who have problems with the law.
Bregadze said that an electronic mechanism will be created to monitor individuals on conditional sentences.
He stated that the ministry will assist individuals in registering their lands, adding that one-third of lands are not registered in the country.
Bregadze said that major steps will be taken for the digitalisation of data preserved in the national archive.
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The statistics of 2008 read 445 inmates per 100,000 inhabitants in Georgia, while the figure was 252 per 100,000 in 2018. CoE says that the number of inmates in the Georgian prisons was increasing until 2012 [under the United National Movement], with 516 inmates per 1000,000 in 2012.
A bill presented by the Georgian Dream ruling party MPs allows inmates to receive a Master’s degree while in prison as the current law regulates the conditions and procedures only for Bachelor’s degree.“The current law, with the involvement of the Ministry of Education and Justice, offers procedures and conditions only for the Bachelor’s degree for inmates. There are no rules for a Master’s degree,” says the bill.
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