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Gobustan penitentiary to be relocated until 2012

12 February 2011 09:29 (UTC +04:00)

Coordinator of the Committee Alimammad Nuriyev told APA that they discussed improvement of employment of prisoners and other issues. â€œThe ministry has taken series of measures for improvement of prisonersâ€™ employment. Fikret Mammadov considered these measures importantâ€.

Nuriyev said about 400 disabled people were jailed in the Azerbaijani penitentiaries. He said tuberculosis infection among the prisoners was reduced 30 percent.

Nuriyev said there were some problems with extradition of foreign prisoners to their countries because opposite sides were not ready to receive them. â€œThere are about one thousand foreign prisoners in the Azerbaijani penitentiaries now. Most of them are Russian and Iranian citizensâ€.

The coordinator said Gobustan penitentiary would move to the new building in Umbaki until 2012.

According to Nuriyev, 50 percent of the judge staff of the Azerbaijani courts was renovated. â€œSome judges were dismissed, some received warnings. The ministry urges the judges to be fair and not to violate laws. There are problems with premature conditional releasing of the prisoners. The ministry established a working group to learn these problems. We are expected to make amendments to the law about thatâ€.