2.5.6. Persons deprived of liberty shall be allocated evenly between cells and living areas. 2.6. The Allocation Commission 2.6.1. 2.6.2. 2.6.3. 2.6.4. The penitentiary legislation shall prescribe criteria that shall serve as a basis for determining the correctional institution for serving the sentence, whilst meeting to the extent possible the person’s needs and ensuring individualization of the sentence execution. The legislation should prescribe the criteria that should guide the Allocation Commission operating in the headquarters of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia in determining the specific PI (from among correctional institutions of the determined type) in which the convict shall serve the sentence. It is necessary to prescribe a requirement that decisions of the Allocation Commission be reasoned, namely that the content of the decisions of the Allocation Commission on choosing the correctional institution or transferring the person to another correctional institution reflect the results of considering the primary consideration of safeguarding the person’s right to have contact with his close relatives. The consistent application of the rule on the transfer of a convict from a penitentiary institution prescribed by the Penitentiary Code to another institution of the same type shall be ensured, and any unjustified differentiation shall be precluded. 34