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ARMENIAN PRISON EMPLOYEES TO TRAIN IN POLAND

YEREVAN, JUNE 23, ARMENPRESS: An official of Armenian justice ministry
told Armenpress that a verbal agreement was reached with Polish counterparts
about regular training of Armenian prison employees in Poland.
Samvel Hovhanesian, head of a ministry department, said the written
agreement to this end was expected to be signed soon. He said training
courses would last from 2 to 4 months. According to a preliminary agreement,
he said, the Polish side agreed to cover all expenses, except travel
expenses. The verbal agreement was reached during a visit of Armenian
justice ministry delegation to Poland on June 12-19, where Armenians had a
series of meetings with Polish counterparts and visited also several
correctional facilities.
Hovhanesian said there is a lot that Armenians can learn from Polish
experience of treating prison inmate and drug and alcohol addicts, singling
out especially how prison staff treats the inmates. Poland has a 39 million
population, and 82,000 prison population, Armenia’s population is 3 million
and there are 3,000 prison inmates.