OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe provides technical assistance to Tajikistan’s Main Prison Department

The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe handed over a fully equipped ambulance and five computers to a specialized hospital of the Main Prison Department of Tajikistan's Ministry of Justice on 16 June 2021 in Dushanbe.

The assistance will help to strengthen the capacity of the Main Prison Department and improve working conditions in its specialized hospital.

'The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe is happy to provide infrastructure support to the Main Prison Department in order to improve the capacity of closed facilities and conditions for inmates,' said Valeriu Chiveri, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe.

Mansurjon Umarov, Head of Main Prison Department of Tajikistan, thanked the OSCE for their constant support and fruitful co-operation in the framework of the implementation of Tajikistan's National Strategy of Penal Reform for 2020-2030. 'Medical protection is a key part of comprehensive rehabilitation in closed facilities,' said Umarov.

The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe assists the Government of Tajikistan to enhance its capacity to develop legislative frameworks and associated mechanisms for probation, risk assessment, rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for adult and juvenile offenders.