Tovmasyan: Amnesty solved problem of penitentiary institutions’ overload
The salary of penitentiary institutions’ employees will increase by 10% beginning January 1, Armenian Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan said at the parliamentary hearing on the 2014 draft budget.
The Minister noted that currently, the state daily spends AMD 4,000 on one prisoner. He added that the recent amnesty solved the problem of overload of penitentiary institutions.
Meanwhile, Tovmasyan said, as a result of optimization, the number of penitentiary institutions’ employees will decrease by 25-30%.