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Sremska Mitrovica penitentiary-reformatory centre opens two new detention wards
Sremska Mitrovica,
17 October 2007
Serbian Minister of Justice Dusan Petrovic opened today two detention wards at the penitentiary-reformatory centre in Sremska Mitrovica and announced that Serbia will solve the problem of penitentiary-reformatory measures within four years.
Author:
Tanjug
Petrovic, accompanied by Minister without Portfolio for implementation of the National Investment Plan Dragan Djilas, opened a drug-free ward, for treatment of convicts with addiction problems.
The Minister of Justice said that Serbia started to tackle crime and is facing the problems of outdated cases, mild penal policy and serving prison sentences.
Serbia will become a country that respects all standards of serving prison sentence, Petrovic said.
He pointed out that at this moment there are 8,500 convicts but only 6,000 vacant places.
The Minister announced that five new prisons will be constructed during the next year, and recalled that works have begun on the construction of a prison for 450 prisoners in Padinska Skela. It is also planned that construction of prisons should begin in Pancevo and Prokuplje.
According to Petrovic, the newly opened wing of the prison in Sremska Mitrovica can accommodate 360 prisoners, which will allow reconstruction of the main prison building to begin very soon.
Petrovic said that by the middle of the next year the building will have 48 dormitories, housing six per dormitory, instead of six large dormitories.
Djilas said that a sum of RSD 80 million was allocated from the NIP for construction of special prison accommodation for prisoners who are drug addicts and need rehabilitation. He added that a sum of nearly €3 million from the NIP will be used to build two more wings in the Sremska Mitrovica.
He said that these two wings will be finished by the end of the year, and pointed to the fact that investments in prisons will contribute to reduce the crime rate and allow a more secure life for people.
The Minister of Justice said that Serbia started to tackle crime and is facing the problems of outdated cases, mild penal policy and serving prison sentences.
Serbia will become a country that respects all standards of serving prison sentence, Petrovic said.
He pointed out that at this moment there are 8,500 convicts but only 6,000 vacant places.
The Minister announced that five new prisons will be constructed during the next year, and recalled that works have begun on the construction of a prison for 450 prisoners in Padinska Skela. It is also planned that construction of prisons should begin in Pancevo and Prokuplje.
According to Petrovic, the newly opened wing of the prison in Sremska Mitrovica can accommodate 360 prisoners, which will allow reconstruction of the main prison building to begin very soon.
Petrovic said that by the middle of the next year the building will have 48 dormitories, housing six per dormitory, instead of six large dormitories.
Djilas said that a sum of RSD 80 million was allocated from the NIP for construction of special prison accommodation for prisoners who are drug addicts and need rehabilitation. He added that a sum of nearly €3 million from the NIP will be used to build two more wings in the Sremska Mitrovica.
He said that these two wings will be finished by the end of the year, and pointed to the fact that investments in prisons will contribute to reduce the crime rate and allow a more secure life for people.
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