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New law to prevent organised crime
Belgrade,
16 December 2008
Director of the Department of Corrections of the Serbian Justice Ministry Milan Obradovic today said that the new law on serving prison sentences for organised crime will prevent criminal groups from organising crimes from within the prison.
Speaking at a roundtable discussion about the aforementioned law, organised by the Serbian Justice Ministry and the OSCE mission in Belgrade, Obradovic said that the new law will make it possible to isolate prisoners serving sentences for organised crime from other prisoners and the outside world, so that they are unable to participate in new crime.
He said that the new law stipulates the establishing of special and strict detention measures for those guilty of planning organised crimes, adding that a special maximum security prison wing has already been built in the Pozarevac prison for these prisoners.
He said that according to the new law these criminals will be held alone in prison cells of a minimum size of four square metres and will be allowed to go outdoors for fresh air in groups of not more than five for at least two hours daily.
He said that prisoners will have permission to write to immediate family members but they will be able to have telephone conversations with them twice monthly at the most.
He explained that close family members will have the right to visit the prisoners once a month, adding that prisoners will be able to receive packages from their families and monetary help equal to the average Serbian salary once every month.
Organised crime prosecutor Miljko Radisavljevic said that passing this law will complete the measures for fighting against organised crime.
He said that the fight does not finish with trying and sentencing those guilty, one important part of this system is also serving the sentence.
Belgrade District Court President Sinisa Vazic said that this law is one more effort by the state to complete the legal requirements for resolving the issue of enforcing penalties for organised crime.
This law sends a clear message to those involved in organised crime that crime does not pay and those found guilty will be punished accordingly, Vazic said.
The law was drafted with the help of legal experts and the Department for Corrections with the support of the OSCE mission and the Italian prison administration.
He said that the new law stipulates the establishing of special and strict detention measures for those guilty of planning organised crimes, adding that a special maximum security prison wing has already been built in the Pozarevac prison for these prisoners.
He said that according to the new law these criminals will be held alone in prison cells of a minimum size of four square metres and will be allowed to go outdoors for fresh air in groups of not more than five for at least two hours daily.
He said that prisoners will have permission to write to immediate family members but they will be able to have telephone conversations with them twice monthly at the most.
He explained that close family members will have the right to visit the prisoners once a month, adding that prisoners will be able to receive packages from their families and monetary help equal to the average Serbian salary once every month.
Organised crime prosecutor Miljko Radisavljevic said that passing this law will complete the measures for fighting against organised crime.
He said that the fight does not finish with trying and sentencing those guilty, one important part of this system is also serving the sentence.
Belgrade District Court President Sinisa Vazic said that this law is one more effort by the state to complete the legal requirements for resolving the issue of enforcing penalties for organised crime.
This law sends a clear message to those involved in organised crime that crime does not pay and those found guilty will be punished accordingly, Vazic said.
The law was drafted with the help of legal experts and the Department for Corrections with the support of the OSCE mission and the Italian prison administration.
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