completing these courses are awarded with certificates. In Portugal, such
courses give a significant result for solution of the employment problem of
such former prisoners. The Ombudsman suggests considering the option of
using the mentioned practice.
Penitentiary institutions should try to provide all prisoners with maximum
wide opportunities to use education/training programs meeting their
individual demands and relevant standards. Education/training of young
prisoners and those in special need should be paid a special attention at:
Education/training of prisoners should be: (a) integrated into the
nationwide education/training and vocational training system to enable them
to continue their education and vocational training after getting freedom; (b)
implemented under guardianship of education/training facilities outside.57
Furthermore, there is a need to implement improvement works at some
psychiatric institutions under the Ministry of Health. In addition to
infrastructure problems at Psychiatric Hospitals of the Ministry of Health,
located in Ganja and Sheki cities, improvement of the work of the personnel
of these facilities are also among the key needs. There is a need to expand
application of UN Principles for Protection of Persons with Mental Illness &
Improvement of Mental Health Care, European Minimum Standards for
Accommodation Conditions for and Treatment of Persons Mental Illness and
recommendations of the SPT and the CPT at psychiatric institutions. The
Ombudsman thinks that the provisions of the mentioned documents should be
considered a guiding start and pillar in parallel to implementation to the
national legislation.
Also, reforms performed in the system of the Ministry of Education,
projects and programs implemented to guarantee and realize the education
rights of citizens, raised initiatives, capital restoration and reconstruction of
education facilities to improve the accommodation conditions, and continuous
works to restore the logistics of these facilities are also observed.
We are of the opinion that reorganization of those institutions the activity
of which is regulated by the legislation is rather necessary. The rules of
detention, education and upbringing of juveniles should be improved
considering their ages, as well as psychological status and health, also the
environment for psychological correction basing on the individual social –
psychological diagnosis of the persons committed delinquency should be
enhanced as well; organization of sanitation educational measures system,
socially useful employment, efficient day assignment including leisure time of
pupils, maximal protection of pupils from negative cases should be
undoubtedly ensured.
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European Penitentiary Rules, Clause 28
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