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  • Vardashen Prison Brought in Compliance with European Standards

    ArmenPress
    Nov. 1, 2004

    VARDASHEN PRISON BROUGHT IN COMPLIANCE WITH EUROPEAN STANDARDS, JUSTICE
    MINISTER SAYS
    YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS: The Vardashen prison in a Yerevan
    outskirts, called in official documents "criminal-executive
    institution" has undergone an extensive overhaul and now complies with
    European standards. The Vardashen prison is for former law enforcement
    bodies, sentenced to various terms for different crimes.
    Armenian justice minister Davit Harutunian visited the prison last
    Friday and expressed his satisfaction with the completed work. He said
    it was the first time ever such a massive work was conducted to meet
    international standards as required by the Council of Europe.
    The minister said different regimes will be established in the
    prison-so-called open, semi-open, close and semi-closed. The semi-open
    regime, for example, allows the convicts to have the opportunity to
    freely move within the prison during the whole day.
    Restrictions are harsher in close and semi-close regimes. The
    convicts have the right to move only at certain hours. At present, the
    criminal-executive institution of Artik is also undergoing a
    reconstruction. Harutunian said conditions must be established in order
    to keep the "mind and the hands of convicts busy" as the work therapy
    is part of the rehabilitation.
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