Investigation into break-out of two prisoners from
Nubarashen penitentiary completed
08-12-2009 22:00:00 | Armenia | Social
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The
internal investigation, which was launched in connection with
the break-out of two prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment -
Soghomon Kocharian and Mher Yenokian from Nubarashen
penitentiary on November 27, has been completed.
According to a December 8 press release of the RA Ministry
of Justice, on the instructions of Head of the Ministry's
Criminal-Executive Department, Major General A. Gizirian,
disciplinary penalties have been imposed on some employees of
the penitentiary for the improper performance of their official
duties. The following employees of Nubarashen penitentiary: the
head of the security unit, the head of the unit on convicts
sentenced to life imprisonment, the chief expert, the duty
group's specialist of first category, the security unit's
specialist of third category, and two junior specialists were
dismissed from their jobs. The deputy head, the officer of the
duty group, the head and the chief expert of the operative unit
were demoted to lower positions. Two senior experts of the unit
on convicts sentenced to life imprisonment received severe
reprimands.