Tajikistan

Criminal Executive Code of the Republic of Tajikistan

SPECIAL PART

Section V. Execution of the penalty of deprivation of liberty

Chapter 9. General provisions on execution of the penalty of deprivation of liberty

Article 78. Separate keeping of convicts in correctional institutions

1. There shall be separate keeping in correctional institutions of men from women and minors from adults.

2. Persons sentenced to deprivation of liberty for the first time shall be kept separately from those who have served deprivation of liberty before. Special dangerous recidivists, persons convicted for committing specially grievous crimes, convicts whose death penalty has been changed to deprivation of liberty by pardon shall be kept separately and isolated from other convicts.

3. There are certain correctional institutions for the convicted former judges and employees of law enforcement bodies. Other convicted persons may also be kept in these correctional institutions.

4. Minors sentenced to deprivation of liberty for deliberate crimes committed while penalty serving, as well as those who systematically and malignantly violate regime of serving a punishment shall be kept separately from other convicts serving the punishment in educational colonies of intensive regime.

5. The requirements of separate keeping of convicted persons specified in this article do not apply to medical correctional institutions and correctional colonies with a child house attached. Persons sent to the above-mentioned institutions shall be kept in conditions established by law for the colony specified by court. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan in agreement with the Ministry of Health Care of the Republic of Tajikistan shall define the order of keeping convicted persons in these institutions and medical institutions as well.

6. Convicted persons suffering from infectious diseases shall be kept separately from each other and from healthy convicts.

7. HIV-infected convicted persons shall be kept separately from other convicts and from convicted persons suffering from other infectious diseases.

8. Convicted foreign citizens and stateless persons shall be kept under general conditions.

Keywords

Treatment of prisoners - international treaty standards



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