Head of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of Armenia, Major General Artur Goyunyan today received Deputy Protection Coordinator at the International Committee of the Red Cross Juliana Amador Messa and Places of Detention Delegate Chingiz Abdizhaparov.
The participants of the meeting discussed the conditions for keeping prisoners, the procedure for serving punishment and the overall coronavirus situation at penitentiary institutions. Goyunyan presented the reforms made at penitentiary institutions over the past few years.
The interlocutors particularly focused on the need to provide comprehensive solutions to the problems with ensuring proper conditions for keeping of prisoners who have been transported from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to Armenia and guaranteeing their rights and freedom. Goyunyan assured that these prisoners are being kept in the same conditions as citizens of Armenia and that the Penitentiary Institution provides solutions to their issues and problems within the scope of the law.