Print GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN
RESOLUTION
"ON APPROVING REFORM PROGRAM OF CRIMINAL EXECUTIVE SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN FOR 2004-2008"
dated December 5, 2003, No 533, Dushanbe.
The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan decrees as follows:
1. The Reform program of criminal executive system of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2004-2008 shall be hereby approved.
2.. By January 2004, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan must submit for approval of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan a Plan of Activities to implement the Reform Program of criminal executive system of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2004-2008.
Chairman of the Government
of the Republic of Tajikistan
E.Rahmonov
Approved
by the Resolution of the Government
of the Republic of Tajikistan
# 533 dated December 5, 2003.
REFORM PROGRAM OF CRIMINAL EXECUTIVE SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN FOR 2004-2008
1. PROGRAM DETAILS
Name of the Program:
"Reform of criminal executive system of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2003-2008".
Authority:
Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan of November 6, 1994.
Decree of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan No 855 of July 26, 2002 "On reforming criminal executive system of the Republic of Tajikistan".
Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan No 367 of September 12, 2002 "On implementation of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan No 855 of July 26, 2002 "On reforming criminal executive system of the Republic of Tajikistan" and other regulatory legal acts.
Program implementation timeframe: 2004-2008.
1. Program goal: development of the criminal executive system of the Republic of Tajikistan during the period from 2004 to 2008.
2. Program objective: further development and improvement of the criminal penal system through formulating and introduction of approaches for execution of punishments.
Program priorities:
1. Humanize the penal system.
2. Enhance guarantees of observance of human rights and lawful interests of convicted persons in the process of punishment execution.
3. Improve incarceration conditions for suspects in pretrial detention centers and for convicts sentenced to imprisonment in reformatory facilities.
4. Ensure social protection of the criminal penal system staff.
Financing sources:
National budget, funds generated from economic activities of penitentiary institutions, funds provided by international and charity organizations as well as fund from other sources allowed for by the existing legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Program implementation results:
Bringing incarceration conditions closer as much as possible to requirements of international regulations and standards in the sphere of punishment execution, creating conditions for social rehabilitation and adaptation of convicts, preparing them for life in society after release, raising the level of security in penitentiary facilities of the criminal penal system under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan, improving the penal system unrelated to imprisonment by expanding its functions, increasing the number of employed convicts, and significantly improving professional training of the staff.
2. INTRODUCTION
At the time the criminal penal system was handed over from the Ministry of Interior to the Ministry of Justice, in accordance with the new conditions, new priorities for further development of the criminal penal system of the Republic of Tajikistan were identified, the most important of which being humanization of the penal system, necessity to bring incarceration conditions closer to international regulations and standards and ensuring that convicts' legal status is in conformity with the Convention against Tortures and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of convicted persons accessed to by the Republic of Tajikistan.
Implementation of the above priorities requires development of a systemic and integrated approach to execution of criminal punishments, looking for and introduction of new forms and methods of reforming persons convicted to serve criminal sentences.
3. ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING CRIMINAL PENAL SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN
At present, criminal penal system bodies and authorities under the Ministry of Justice execute criminal punishments with regard to persons sentenced to imprisonment and to punishments other than isolation from society.
All agencies and pretrial detention centers are working intensively on changing staff morale, and bringing legal status and incarceration conditions of convicts and persons under investigation in conformity with requirements of international regulations and standards of housing convicts.
Changes and addenda have been recently introduced into departmental regulatory acts regulating activities of penitentiary facilities to enhance guarantees of compliance with the law in execution of punishments, to increase effectiveness of social and legal protection of convicts, to bring down the number of restrictions and interdictions, to extend grounds for early parole of convicted persons.
Servicemen of the convoy regiment 6593 and 4th special-purpose battalion of the Ministry of Interior tasked with convoy functions and supervision of convicts’ behavior were handed over under the jurisdiction of the criminal penal system. Inspection for correctional affairs charged with enforcing punishments and other measures of criminal responsibility other than imprisonment was relieved from jurisdiction of the Ministry of Interior and handed over to the criminal penal system. Major work is being implemented in conjunction with international and human rights organizations aimed at training staff of penitentiary institutions in international regulations and standards in the area of human rights.
Alongside with all the positive changes there are still problems within the criminal penal system that need to be addressed:
Large numbers of convicts creates difficulties pertaining to their housing in penitentiary facilities, ensuring security and supervision there, prevention of offences in institutions of confinement, guaranteeing safety of convicts as well as their reformatory treatment. At the same time, situation with employment of convicts, medical treatment of convicts suffering from tuberculosis, organization of wholesome nutrition, and ensuring proper living conditions is getting worse.
Objective processes of humanization of criminal penal policy will lead to increasing the number of convicted person sentenced to punishments other than imprisonment. Currently, criminal penal inspections executing punishments other than imprisonment cannot ensure proper enforcement of those types of punishments on account of insufficient staffing. To address these issues functions assigned to criminal penal inspections must be expanded and their manning tables within the structure of the Correctional Affairs Department must be increased.
There are problems related to social protection of criminal penal system staff, their security and professional training.
Technical means of control and security in penitentiary facilities are currently outdated both morally and physically. There is a need to upgrade engineering security systems of penitentiary facilities in line with the latest advances in science and technology.
At present, there are 7 schools of general education and 2 professional training schools functioning in penitentiary institutions of the republic where about 600 persons receive education. The available general and vocational schools are not sufficient for convicts to receive guaranteed secondary education and proper vocational training.
Today, there are 1530 persons suffering from TB and 13 HIV-infected persons being kept in penitentiary facilities. Treatment of those diseases and their prevention requires procurement of additional medical equipment and, therefore, improvement of physical and technical infrastructure of hospitals.
Employment rate of convicted person constitutes 22% of the total number of convicts retained in custody. Enterprises of the criminal penal system are not operating full out and their output has low competitive value due to low-technology simplified manufacturing methods and use of semi-skilled labor. In this connection it is necessary to develop measures for state support of the industry that would envisage guaranteed orders to be placed with the criminal penal system to provide convicts with employment opportunities and to increase the number of working convicts.
The main directions for further development of the criminal penal system are determined by the need to address the above problems.
4. GOALS AND OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM
Goal of the Program is to stimulate development of the criminal penal system during 2004-2008.
Objectives of the Program:
- improve and strengthen guarantees of observance of rights and lawful interests of convicts and persons under investigation in accordance with requirements of international regulations and standards in the area of punishment execution;
- extend application of punishments other than imprisonment;
- improve housing conditions of convicts;
- ensure social rehabilitation of convicts;
- raise social status of criminal penal system staff;
- meet staffing needs of the criminal penal system; improve qualification and professionalism of staff; improve their social and living conditions;
- prevent social degradation of personality;
- ensure technical retooling and modernization and provide information support for activities of the criminal penal system;
- develop mechanisms of efficient interaction and coordination of activities of the criminal penal system and local governance bodies;
- inform population about the current penal policy, mould public opinion in favor of humanization of penal policy and broader application of punishments other than imprisonment.
5. MAIN DIRECTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISM
5.1 MAIN DIRECTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
5.1.1. IMPROVEMENT OF LEGAL FRAMEWORK REGULATING ACTIVITIES OF THE CRIMINAL PENAL SYSTEM
Development of the criminal penal system must be accompanied by revision of the existing legal framework, development and adoption of new regulatory legal acts in accordance with requirements of international norms and standards.
This work should be implemented along the following lines:
- ensuring human rights and lawful interests in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan;
- compliance of regulatory legal acts with the universally accepted international legal standards;
- humanization of the penal policy;
- bringing incarceration conditions as much as possible in compliance with international standards;
These objectives can be achieved through the following means:
- adjustment of criminal penal policy through introduction of amendments and addenda into the existing regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Tajikistan aimed at humanization of the penal system;
- development of draft regulatory legal acts defining objectives, principles, key areas of activities and details of legal status of agencies and bodies of the criminal penal system, its staff as well as those of organizations carrying out manufacturing activities within the criminal penal system;
- liberalization and humanization of penal policy, raising social status of the criminal penal system staff, ensuring rights and lawful interests of convicts and persons under investigation.
Development and adoption of regulatory legal acts will allow to create prerequisites for further improvement of incarceration conditions in penitentiary facilities and pretrial detention centers, development of legal framework of criminal penal system and its approximation to the world standards.
Implementation of provisions envisaged in those regulatory legal acts will be instrumental to ensuring a two-thronged approach in the penal policy - on the one hand, toughening up responsibility for especially dangerous crimes against society and the state, and on the other hand - liberalization and humanization of sentences for crimes that do not pose significant social danger and more liberal attitude towards persons who have committed crimes of little or moderate magnitude.
5.1.2. IMPROVEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK OF THE CRIMINAL PENAL SYSTEM
Development of the criminal penal system should be implemented based on improvement of its organizational and structural framework. In this respect it is necessary to:
- create conditions for separate service of sentence in one penitentiary facility of persons sentenced to different types of penitentiary treatment;
- launch construction of new penitentiary facilities and reconstruction of existing ones, setting the basic limit for all penitentiary institutions and pretrial detention centers to no more than 750 inmates per institution. Locations of new penal colonies and types of regime must be determined with due regard for the requirement that convicted persons must serve their sentences on the territory of the region were they resided before arrest or conviction;
- develop and implement activities for establishment of a joint local area computer network with other law enforcement authorities;
- expand functions of correctional labor inspection enforcing punishments and other criminal penal measures other than imprisonment.
5.1.3. TRAINING OF STAFF FOR THE CRIMINAL PENAL SYSTEM AND THEIR SOCIAL PROTECTION
Development and improvement of performance of criminal penal system is impossible without development of a system for professional training of staff, rearing of a new breed of professionals subject to ensuring high social status and prestige of the employees of the criminal penal system. The following priority areas in human resources management have been identified: staged increase of the prescribed staff number in units and divisions of the criminal penal system to ensure at least 1:3 ratio between the staff and inmates within the process of reduction and transfers of staff spaces between ministries and agencies under the Program of economic reforms implemented by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan. Drastic improvement of the system of staff education and professional training is also needed.
The issue of social prestige of the criminal penal system staff and establishment of legal and material framework to retain professionals in the criminal penal system is of vital importance. To address this challenge it will be necessary to entrench in the legislation material benefits of employment in the criminal penal system in terms of: provision of housing for staff of criminal penal system, particularly those serving in remote locations with adverse climatic conditions. To raise prestige such measures as institution of public and departmental awards, honorary distinctions, individual gratuities for staff who distinguished themselves.
Capacity of institutions of higher education of the Republic of Tajikistan and that of the Institute of professional development for personnel of law enforcement authorities, departments of justice and legal services, enterprises, institutions and organizations under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan should be extensively employed.
To attract and retain professional staff in the criminal penal system it will be necessary to develop "Guidelines on career pattern in penal institutions of the Republic of Tajikistan". Qualification requirements for the service staff and applicants should be revised; arrangements for rotation of employees who have served a certain number of years in units or divisions of the criminal penal system located in areas with adverse climatic and environmental situation or functioning in exceptional conditions should be regularized.
We envisage taking steps to establish departmental medical service that would comprise medical treatment facilities, medical rehabilitation service, rest homes and sanatoriums for the staff.
5.1.4. ORGANIZATION OF CONVOY, CONTROL AND SECURITY REGIME IN PENITENTIARY FACILITIES AND PRETRIAL DETENTION CENTERS
It will be necessary to implement a set of measures to develop draft regulatory legal acts aimed at changing incarceration conditions by their humanization with due regard for safety of the staff and inmates. When enforcing security in penitentiary facilities the principle of complete safety based on the environment of mutual respect between the staff and inmates should be followed. To the same end, steps should be taken to implement a gradual transition from penitentiary institutions with incarceration in detached units to a mixed type with a reasonable combination of incarceration in detached units and cells.
To improve quality of control and strengthen incarceration regime in penitentiary facilities sufficient staff should be provided for each particular penitentiary facility with due regard for security requirements in the specific context of the institution. At the same time, considering specifics of operation of the criminal penal system, it will be necessary to strengthen professional training of convoy and control staff focusing on psychological training as a guarantee of their personal safety in general.
Considering the wide range of assigned tasks for organization of convoy, control and security service, separate services should be set up in penitentiary facilities and pretrial detention centers within the existing staffing table of the Correctional Labor Department that would include experts in combat and security training of prison wardens, canine handlers and staff charged with operation of technical means of communication. Since there is a high ratio of convicts and persons under supervision per one prison staff, to ensure their safety and to achieve the set goals, it will be necessary to develop regulatory legal acts that would establish the standard ratio of different groups (categories) of staff to convicts and persons under supervision.
Regulatory legal acts should also include provisions about separate housing in penitentiary facilities with general and strict regime of persons that had already served prison terms and those who were sentenced to imprisonment for the first time.
5.1.5. ENSURING RIGHTS AND LAWFUL INTERESTS OF CONVICTS AND PERSONS UNDER INVESTIGATION
To strengthen guarantees of observance of rights and lawful interests of convicts and persons under investigation, to ensure openness and transparency in operations of penitentiary facilities and pretrial detention centers the following steps need to be taken:
- establish services for legal protection of convicted persons within every territorial unit of the criminal penal system;
- ensure that convicts and persons under investigation receive legal aid in a timely manner and have free access to it;
- continue and expand, as far as possible, activities aimed at strengthening cooperation with international human rights organizations in the area of protection of rights of convicts and persons taken in custody;
- continue the work aimed at establishing incarceration conditions for convicts and persons under investigation that would conform to international standard requirements through introducing changes and addenda in respective regulatory legal acts.
5.1.6. REFORMATORY WORK WITH CONVICTS AND PERSONS UNDER INVESTIGATION
We should bear in mind that reformatory work should be aimed at further humanization of incarceration conditions, ensuring social, legal and psychological security of convicts and persons under investigation, provision of help and support to them, gradual removal of restrictions and interdictions, preparation of convicts for life out of prison from the first day of their stay in a penitentiary facility or pretrial detention center.
Close attention should be given to development and implementation of individual programs envisaging work with convicts and their relatives, public, religious and other organizations, establishing conditions for meeting religious, spiritual and moral needs, observation of national traditions, customs and rites.
Resocialization of convicts should be used more actively including differentiated custodial control both within a penitentiary facility and transfers to penitentiaries with softer regimes, right down to release on parole.
Without changing the current number of staff of the Correctional Affairs Department, introduce a psychological counseling service and facilitate its operations through establishment within the structure of counseling service of the criminal penal system of rooms for psychological relief of convicts inside penitentiary institutions.
Develop and put into practice of penitentiary institutions a scientifically grounded methodology and program for psychological and pedagogical research of convicts' personalities and correction of their behavior. Develop methods for ensuring social, legal and psychological security of convicts, establishment of conditions contributing to efficiency of work done by psychologists.
Reformatory staff will have to concentrate on creating conditions stimulating personality development of convicts, providing them an opportunity to receive secondary and professional education, to receive professions and working skills that are currently in demand in society, ensure development and introduction of new forms and methods for organizing leisure activities for inmates, sustaining their physical health, expansion of club and group activities.
5.1.7. SPECIFICS OF ENFORCEMENT OF PUNISHMENTS WITH REGARD TO WOMEN AND MINORS
Enforcement of punishment with regard to women and minors must take into account their physical and age characteristics. In this regard a number of changes and addenda should be introduced in regulatory legal acts to bring incarceration conditions for those categories of inmates in conformity with provisions of universally accepted regulations.
During reconstruction, rehabilitation or construction of new penitentiary facilities, conditions pertaining to specifics of incarceration of women should be taken into account.
To provide psychological and pedagogical help to minors serving sentences in reformatory facilities establishment of psychological laboratories is envisaged in those reformatory facilities.
To ensure positive effect on minors' personalities and to prevent repeated offences after release, activities of trustee councils, parents' committees working together with reformatory institutions should be encouraged.
5.1.8. ENFORCEMENT OF PUNISHMENTS AND OTHER MEASURES OF CRIMINAL LEGAL INFLUENCE OTHER THAN IMPRISONMENT
To improve performance of correctional affairs inspection in the area of enforcement of punishments and other measures of criminal penal responsibility other than imprisonment it is proposed that the status of the correctional affairs inspections should be raised. Without increasing the overall staff of the Department for Correctional Affairs, staffing tables of district and city territorial divisions in charge of enforcement of punishments other than imprisonment should be increased and their material and physical infrastructure should be strengthened.
It will be necessary to create local computer networks with access to data of other law enforcement authorities. In the future, the inspection for correctional affairs should be assigned responsibility for controlling behavior of persons released from penitentiary facilities on parole, and for provision of legal assistance to released citizens in the area of employment and settlement.
Introduce scientifically grounded methods for criminal prognostication of behavior of persons sentenced to punishments other than imprisonment in the work of correctional affairs inspections. Ensure effective use of reformatory and social adaptation tools with regard to this category of convicts.
Control for enforcement of punishment in the form of correctional works, deprivation of the right to hold specific positions or to engage in certain types of activities, as well as persons who receive suspended sentences should be delegated to correctional affairs inspection.
A lot of organizational work lies ahead related to implementation of provisions of the Criminal Penal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan on punishments in the form of imprisonment and arrest.
It is suggested that a position of public inspector should be introduced under the correctional affairs inspection to involve civil population in rehabilitation of this category of convicts.
5.1.9. MEDICAL CARE FOR CONVICTS AND PERSONS UNDER INVESTIGATION
Measures should be taken to improve material and physical infrastructure of hospitals in penitentiary facilities, including facilities for in-patient and out-patient treatment of convicts suffering from active form of TB.
Regional divisions of the criminal penal system must have medical units charged with organizing medical treatment of ill convicts alongside with interaction with public health authorities on the issues of prevention, diagnostics and treatment of infectious and other diseases, including alcohol addiction, narcomania, HIV-infection and AIDS.
Ensure professional training for staff of medial units of penitentiary facilities in existing institutions of higher education under the public health system. Staff of medical and preventive treatment facilities of the criminal penal system should get training from medical professional specializing in narrow fields.
5.1.10. IMPROVEMENT OF FORMS AND METHODS OF INVOLVING CONVICTS IN LABOR ACTIVITIES
Existing approach towards use of convicts' labor should be revised. Convicts' labor should not be used for generation of profits. It must be used as a tool for training them in working professions and specialities that are in demand in labor market to ensure their employment after release so that they can support both themselves and their families.
In connection with the above it is necessary to implement a set of activities to reconstruct industrial enterprises to be used for employment of convicts in penitentiary facilities. This can include:
- formation of public and private order for low-technology simplified production facilities that can use semi-qualified workers that would create additional jobs for convicts and allow to decrease budget allocations for their housing;
- strengthen production capacity of the criminal penal system as an integral part of the country's economy, use labor resources of the system participate in long-term public projects and make financial contribution to industrial development of the Republic of Tajikistan;
- develop a set of activities of legal and economic nature to stimulate conscientious work and learning on the part of convicts;
- submit proposals to the Government with regard to stabilization of financial and economic condition of the criminal penal system and development of its production facilities.
5.1.11. PROMOTION OF RESEARCH
Scientific support for effective operations of the criminal penal system must be oriented on research and introduction of international experiences in the penal sphere, ensuring scientific support for on-going organizational and legal reforms and organization of scientific research of applied and fundamental nature in accordance with the urgent needs of the criminal penal system.
5.1.12. WORK WITH PUBLIC ASSOCIATIONS, RELIGIOUS CONFESSIONS AND MASS MEDIA
To ensure effective development of the criminal penal system, interaction will be needed with public associations, including human rights organization and charity foundations in the areas of responsibility of units and divisions of the penal system.
Link with mass media must be strengthened to ensure objective coverage of activities of the criminal penal system.
5.1.13. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
The following tasks should be addressed to develop international links with penitentiary systems of various countries:
- create regulatory legal framework for international cooperation of the criminal penal system through making respective agreements;
- expand contacts and cooperation with penal services of the CIS and non-CIS countries that would help resolve operating, regulatory and other issues of mutual interest.
5.2. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISM
For the Program to be carried out it will be necessary to develop a plan of activities for its implementation. Integrated nature of the activities allows maximum coordination between the criminal penal system and government authorities. Efficiency of the program implementation mechanism is ensured by task-oriented and coordinated actions of the central and territorial authorities of the criminal penal system in all spheres of its operations.
6. REQUIRED RESOURCES AND SOURCES OF FINANCING
Implementation of the program activities requiring financial expenditures must be supported through allocation of funds from the national budget, funds received from economic activities of penitentiary facilities, funds provided by international and charitable organizations and from other sources that do not contravene legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan.
7. EXPECTED RESULTS OF THE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
As a result of implementation of the Reform Program, criminal penal system of the Republic of Tajikistan will make a step toward bringing incarceration conditions in conformity with international norms and standards.
Legislative framework promoting effective operations of the criminal penal system will be improved. Real conditions will be established for social rehabilitation and adaptation of convicts, their preparation for life in society. The level of security in penitentiary facilities will be improved. Rights and lawful interests of convicts will be guaranteed more effectively during administration of punishments. Functions of the correctional affairs inspection charged with enforcing punishments other than imprisonment will be extended.
Level of employment of convicts will increase. Professional training of staff as well as prestige of personnel of the criminal penal system and the level of their social protection will be significantly improved.
GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN
RESOLUTION
"ON ADOPTION OF THE PLAN OF ACTIVITIES TO IMPLEMENT REFORM PROGRAM FOR CRIMINAL PENAL SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN FOR 2004-2008"
June 4, 2004, #245, Dushanbe.
The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan hereby decrees:
1. The Plan of activities to implement reform program for criminal penal system of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2004-2008 attached herewith shall be approved..
2. Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan shall take necessary steps to attract financial assistance of international organizations interested to take part in reforming the criminal penal system of the Republic of Tajikistan.
3. Timeframe for implementation of this Plan can be adjusted based on amounts of financial assistance allocated by international organizations, amounts generated by production and economic activities of penitentiary institutions allocated for activities under the reform, as well as funds provided from the State Budget of the Republic of Tajikistan for the Correctional Affairs Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan for respective years.
Chairman of the Government
of the Republic of Tajikistan
E.Rahmonov
Approved
by the Resolution of the Government
of the Republic of Tajikistan
No 245 of June 4, 2004.
PLAN
OF ACTIVITIES TO IMPLEMENT REFORM PROGRAM FOR CRIMINAL PENAL SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN FOR 2004-2008
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№ |
Activities |
Responsible agencies |
Delivery deadline |
Source of the funding |
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1 |
Improvement of legal framework governing activities of the criminal penal system |
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1.1 |
Introduce changes and addenda in the Criminal Penal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan |
Ministry of Justice |
First half of 2005 |
Funds of the Correctional Affairs Department from production and economic activities of penitentiary institutions. |
|
1.2 |
Publication of regulatory legal acts for the criminal penal system |
Ministry of Justice |
First half of 2005 |
Funds of the Correctional Affairs Department from production and economic activities of penitentiary institutions. |
|
2 |
Improvement of structure of the criminal penal system |
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|
|
2.1 |
Create conditions for separate service of sentence in one penitentiary facility of persons sentenced to different types of penitentiary treatment. To this end: |
Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Ministry of Justice |
By 2008 |
Budget of the Correctional Affairs Department and international financial assistance |
|
|
a) Reconstruct institution ЯТ9/1 (Ya.T9/1) of the Correctional Affairs Department to create a pretrial detention center for minors under investigation (boys and girls) in order to bring incarceration conditions closer to international standard requirements. |
Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy and Trade |
By 2008 |
Budget of the Correctional Affairs Department and international financial assistance |
|
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b) Organize work for reconstruction of the reformatory colony for minors and provide conditions for separate housing in that colony for convicts sentenced to incarceration of general and medium regime in accordance with requirements of the Criminal Penal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan |
Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Ministry of Justice |
By 2008 |
Budget of the Correctional Affairs Department and international financial assistance |
|
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c) Arrange for separate housing of convicted women and minors in the institution ЯС 3/13 (YaS 3/13) (female colony) and provide for construction of day nursery meeting norms and requirements of international standards |
Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Ministry of Justice |
On a continuing basis |
Budget of the Correctional Affairs Department and international financial assistance |
|
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d) Complete construction of Pretrial Detention Center-2 in the city of Khujand of Sughd region of the Republic of Tajikistan |
Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy and Trade |
By December 31, 2006 |
Budget of the Correctional Affairs Department and international financial assistance |
|
3 |
Training of staff for the criminal penal system |
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|
3.1 |
To train specialists for the criminal penal system in compliance with the new requirements, capacities of institutions of higher education of the Republic of Tajikistan and CIS-member countries should be used. |
Ministry of Justice |
On a continuing basis |
Budget of the Correctional Affairs Department and international financial assistance |
|
3.2 |
Establishment of training center to improve professional skills of staff of the Correctional Affairs Department |
Ministry of Justice |
By 2007 |
Budget of the Correctional Affairs Department and international financial assistance |
|
4 |
Organization of regime of convoy, control and security of penitentiary facilities |
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|
4.1 |
To ensure efficient operations of the convoy, control and security service, implement a phased transition to the use of professional security staff in penitentiary facilities |
Ministry of Justice |
By 2008 |
Budget of the Correctional Affairs Department and international financial assistance |
|
5 |
Ensuring rights and lawful interests of convicts and persons under investigation; reformatory work with them |
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|
|
|
5.1 |
Without increasing staffing table and staff expenses create services of legal protection of convicts and persons under investigation in every territorial unit of the Correctional Affairs Department |
Ministry of Justice |
By December 31, 2008 |
At the cost of reduction of staffing table of the Correctional Affairs Department |
|
5.2 |
Introduce psychological counseling services into the staffing arrangements of penitentiary facilities and organize rooms for psychological relief of minor convicts |
Ministry of Justice |
By December 31, 2006 |
Budget of the Correctional Labor Department |
|
6 |
Involvement of convicts in labor activities |
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|
6.1 |
Carry out a set of activities to reconstruct industrial enterprises to be able to used convicts' labor in penitentiary facilities |
Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Economy and Trade |
On a continuing basis |
Budget of the Correctional Affairs Department and international financial assistance |
|
7 |
Medical care for convicts and persons under investigation |
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|
|
7.1 |
Renovation of health facilities, provision of modern equipment and improvement of medical supplies |
Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health |
On a continuing basis |
Budget of the Correctional Affairs Department and international financial assistance |
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8 |
International cooperation |
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|
|
8.1 |
Organize external relations unit to strengthen cooperation and make agreements with penal services of the CIS and non-CIS countries. |
Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
By 2005 |
Budget of the Correctional Labor Department |
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Total: |
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