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    Armenia has first European standard prison (PHOTOS)

    15:34, 29.11.2014


    The first phase is completed in the construction of Armenia's first
    penitentiary that meets European standards, and which will hold 1,200
    convicts.

    A total of 400 prisoners will be transferred there in a foreseeable future.

    President Serzh Sargsyan, Minister of Justice Hovhannes Manukyan, and
    US Ambassador John Heffern were on hand at Saturday's official opening
    of the Armavir Penitentiary.

    "We [hereby] commission the first penitentiary which is built in
    independent Armenia. With the operation of the facility, we will try
    to improve the prisoners' rights and living conditions by making them
    meet the European standards and the mandatory requirements of the
    European Convention for the Prevention of Torture [and Inhuman or
    Degrading Treatment or Punishment]," the Armenian minister
    specifically noted at the event.

    The second phase of the commissioning of this prison will take place
    next year, when 800 more convicts will be transferred there.

    The US Embassy in Yerevan has provided assistance with the technical
    equipping of this penitentiary.

    In Ambassador Heffern's words, half a million dollars were allocated
    from the US taxpayers to build this penal complex.

    "We [, the US,] have worked with Armenia on justice reforms. We see
    that there is a commitment to make these reforms," the American
    diplomat told reporters.

    The Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections of this US
    state, Edward Wall, also attended the official opening. He noted that,
    owing to collaboration with the penitentiary system of Armenia, they
    have conducted training courses on the regulation of prison work.

    The Armavir Penitentiary also will have a hospital to provide
    in-patient medical treatment for 120 convicts at the same time.

    The modern prison covers an 11.5-hectare area.


    http://news.am/eng/news/241640.html

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