RA OMBUDSMAN’S REPRESENTATIVES VISIT "NUBARASHEN" PENITENTIARY INSTITUTION
YEREVAN, AUGUST 2, NOYAN TAPAN. An information was got on July 31
at the Ombudsman’s Office that at the "Nubarashen" Penitentiary
Institution of the Ministry of Justice some of convicts sentenced to
life imprisonment have gone on hunger-strike, need medical assistance
and are in a very hard state. By Ombudsman Armen Haroutiunian’s
instruction, a working group has been created which visited the
"Nubarashen" Penitentiary Institution on the same day and met
with convicts. During the meeting with the working group, convicts
expressed their dissatisfaction both with passed sentences and with
unproper attitude towards them at the place of imprisonment. Summing
up the convicts’ complaints, the administration of the "Nubarashen"
Penitentiary Institution was clearly proposed to liquidate the present
problems connected with the regular medical control and assistance,
organization of walks and providing with necessary life accessories. As
Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Ombudsman’s Information and Public
Relations Department, Aram Sargsian, the Chief of the Penitentiary
Institution promised to do everything possible in the direction of
overcoming the mentioned problems.