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DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA

On

APPROVAL OF ACTIVITIES ENVISAGED BY THE LONG-TERM 2002-2007 PRISON REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

The disastrous situation has arisen within the penitentiary institutions of the Ministry of Justice. Almost all living facilities in the penitentiary system are damped and require immediate and thorough repairing works; the water-supply, security, electric wiring and fire safety systems are in precarious situation; the alarm system is out of order in most of the penitentiary institutions. The difficulties are also faced up to in connection with the operative-regime situation, the security personnel is permanently understaffed. Practically all medical facilities that are operational in the penitentiary system are out-of-date, there exists no modern medical equipment, the medicine supplies have been brought to minimum. The problem of inmates’ employment, in fact, is not resolved at all; at the same time, those ventures that used to function are either damped or destroyed.

Proceeding from the aforementioned and with the object of improving the current situation, inter alia its financial and material and technical aspects that exist in the penitentiary institutions as well as protecting the rights of inmates it is decided to

Approve the list of activities envisaged by the long-term 2002-2007 prison reform and development program elaborated and submitted by the Ministry of Justice;
Charge the Ministry of Finances of Georgia to envisage the funding of the long-term 2002-2007 prison reform and development program of the Ministry of Justice while developing the state budget of Georgia;
Charge the State Minister with monitoring the implementation of the current decree;
Have the current decree come into force at the moment of promulgation

APPROVAL OF ACTIVITIES ENVISAGED BY THE LONG-TERM 2002-2007 PRISON REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

NB.

N	*Activity*	*Performer*	*Deadline for Implementation*		*Source of Funding*
1.	To reform the penitentiary institutions mainly modifying the colony system as a prison system	MoJ MoF	December 31, 2007		Budget of the Department

2.	To finalize the construction of Prison #6 in Rustavi	MoJ MoF MoUC	December 31, 2004		State Budget

3.	To set up a reliable system of field [operative] services in penitentiary institutions:
3.1	With the object of increasing the efficiency of the field services in penitentiary institutions, to replace civilians with conscripts who will be recruited in the field services on the basis of the service for a fixed period Option With the object of increasing the efficiency of the field services in penitentiary institutions, to replace civilians with reservists who have already undergone compulsory military service to contract in the field services	MoJ Ministry of Defense MoF MoJ MoD MoF	December 31, 2003 December 31, 2003		Budget of the Department Budget of the Department
3.2	With the object of providing security of the penitentiary institutions, to coordinate the actions of the MoJ special security service and the internal forces while dealing with the emergency situations as established by law	MoJ MoI	When required		Budget of the Department
3.3	To install the alarm system in the penitentiary institutions	MoJ MoI	May 1, 2004		Budget of the Department
3.4	To renew vehicles in the penitentiary department	MoJ MoF	Regularly		Budget of the Department
3.5	To purchase uniforms for the penitentiary personnel	MoJ	June 1, 2004		Budget of the Department

4.	To improve the inmates’ social conditions and conditions of life
4.1	To re-define the maximum capacity of the penitentiary institutions	MoJ	July 1, 2002	Budget of the Department
4.2	Step by step, to decentralize the supply system of the penitentiary institutions	MoJ	June 1, 2002 - December 31, 2007	Budget of the Department
4.3	To include the penitentiary institutions in the list of the state vital objects in order to have them provided with electricity permanently	MoJ National Security Council	November 1, 2002
4.4	To improve the water supplies to the penitentiary institutions	MoJ MoF Relevant local self-governance bodies	July 1, 2003	Budget of the Department
4.5	To rehabilitate the enterprise basis, employ and educate the inmates: To set up joint ventures [with the participation of the state] on the basis of the industrial resources that exists within the penitentiary system to transfer the industrial facilities that exist on the penitentiary territories to investors in a way established by law to develop preferential terms for taxation of investors with the object of attracting the investments to set up a multiple-discipline handicraft workshops in the juveniles’ educational institution to set up a "fund for inmates"	MoJ MSPM MoJ MSPM MoJ MoF MoJ MoE MoJ	Regularly Regularly December 31, 2002 December 31, 2002 July 1, 2004	Budget of the Department Budget of the Department Budget of the Department Budget of the Department
4.6	To purchase a uniform for inmates	MoJ	June 1, 2004	Budget of the Department

5.	To improve the material and technical basis of the penitentiary system
5.1	To carry out thorough repairs of the penitentiary institutions	MoJ MoF	Regularly	Budget of the Department Donor organizations
5.2	To install the fire-prevention system and provide its technical service permanently	MoJ MoI MoF	Regularly	Budget of the Department
5.3	To install the central communication system	MoJ MoTC MoF	April 1, 2003	Budget of the Department
5.4	To set up the dactyloscopy and photo laboratories	MoJ MoF MoI	April 1, 2003	Budget of the Department Donor organizations
5.5	To renew the medical department, to provide them with modern equipment and improve the medicine supplies	MoJ MoHWL MoF	Regularly	Budget of the Department Donor organizations
5.6	To modernize the management of the penitentiary system: to computerize the database of the penitentiary system to transfer the Medical Department of the MoJ to the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labor to decentralize the management of the penitentiary system	MoJ MoF MoJ MoHWL MoJ	Until January 1, 2004 Until December 31, 2007 Until December 31, 2007	Budget of the Department Donor organizations Budget of the Department Donor organizations Budget of the Department

6.	To improve the social conditions of the penitentiary personnel and train the professional staff
6.1	To increase significantly the salaries of the penitentiary personnel	MoJ MoF	December 31, 2002	Budget of the Department
6.2	To set up a special department for preparation of penitentiary system directors [heads] in a relevant high education institutions	MoJ MoE	September 1, 2003	Budget of the Department
6.3	To set up the multiple-discipline Academy of the Ministry of Justice	MoJ MoE MSPM	September 1, 2005	Budget of the Department

7.	To improve the legal basis regarding the penitentiary system	MoJ	Regularly

MoJ Ministry of Justice

MoI Ministry of Internal Affairs

MoE Ministry of Education

MoF Ministry of Finances

MoHWL Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labor

MoSPM Ministry of State Property Management

MoTC Ministry of Transport and Communications

MoUC Ministry of Urbanization and Construction