CPT _2010_ 82 - EN - Report Armenia 2010 _2_ - The Government ...

provided at least once in two months lasting up to three days. At least three short-termvisits and one long visit are provided to persons sentenced to imprisonment for acertain period or to life imprisonment for committing particularly grave crime. At leasttwo visits within a month are provided to a remand prisoner lasting up to three hours.Thus, there is no restriction set by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia for thenumber of visits; grounds for restriction arise only in the case when the imprisonedperson is under disciplinary penalty. The permission for a visit is given by the head ofthe penitentiary establishment or by his or her alternate.As regards the organisation of visits through a partition, it should be mentionedthat sentenced prisoners are provided with the opportunity of visits under equalconditions at Nubarashen Penitentiary Establishment of the Ministry of Justice of theRepublic of Armenia, and visits through a partition are provided for security reasons,since the establishment also has facilities to provide visits — including long visits —without a partition, and it provides such visits. Visits through a partition are providedonly where there is a security issue.In connection with paragraph 74 of the ReportThe requirement for holding together persons sentenced for a particularlygrave crime is prescribed by law, but, at the same time, the law provides for thepossibility of transferring a life-sentenced prisoner to an establishment with a lowerdegree of segregation, in particular after serving at least 20 years of the sentence. Forthe purpose of providing a more comprehensive solution to the issue, the necessity forlegislative amendments will be considered at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic ofArmenia.4. Foreign prisonersIn connection with paragraphs 75 and 76 of the Report