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May 15 2013
Armenian Prison Officials Hope To Learn From Wisconsin's Prison System
By wpr.org - Gilman Halsted
Published: 05/15/2013
Armenia decided to partner with the Wisconsin Department of
Corrections (DOC) because of its centralized system for classifying
prisoners when they enter the prison, and then preparing them for
release from the moment they begin serving their sentences. Nikolay
Arustamyan of the Armenian Ministry of Justice is leading the team.
Speaking through an interpreter, he says the seminar will help prison
staff who will work in a new state-of-the-art prison the government is
building that will use cell block units - unlike the barrack-style
prisons the country now uses.
Wisconsin prison staff are also learning something from their Armenian
counterparts. DOC policy advisor Tony Streveler says he's impressed by
the difference between the sentencing policies in the two countries.
He says the maximum prison sentence in Armenia is 25 years...
`Whereas here we have a large population of lifers. We have a lot more
elderly inmates here, and the issues associated with that such as the
medical and health needs - just the ambulatory needs that they have,
where they're not necessarily faced with that in the management of
their institutions.'
http://www.corrections.com/news/article/33288-armenian-prison-officials-hope-to-learn-from-wisconsin-s-prison-system
From: Baghdasarian
May 15 2013
Armenian Prison Officials Hope To Learn From Wisconsin's Prison System
By wpr.org - Gilman Halsted
Published: 05/15/2013
Armenia decided to partner with the Wisconsin Department of
Corrections (DOC) because of its centralized system for classifying
prisoners when they enter the prison, and then preparing them for
release from the moment they begin serving their sentences. Nikolay
Arustamyan of the Armenian Ministry of Justice is leading the team.
Speaking through an interpreter, he says the seminar will help prison
staff who will work in a new state-of-the-art prison the government is
building that will use cell block units - unlike the barrack-style
prisons the country now uses.
Wisconsin prison staff are also learning something from their Armenian
counterparts. DOC policy advisor Tony Streveler says he's impressed by
the difference between the sentencing policies in the two countries.
He says the maximum prison sentence in Armenia is 25 years...
`Whereas here we have a large population of lifers. We have a lot more
elderly inmates here, and the issues associated with that such as the
medical and health needs - just the ambulatory needs that they have,
where they're not necessarily faced with that in the management of
their institutions.'
http://www.corrections.com/news/article/33288-armenian-prison-officials-hope-to-learn-from-wisconsin-s-prison-system
From: Baghdasarian