8 minutes agoMore than 27 thousand euros in deposits were not returned to released prisoners
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)27 thousand of 814 euros is the value of deposits that have not been returned to prisoners released. The National Audition Office (ZKA) in its annual 2019 report to the Ministry of Justice found that the savings and money the prisoners have accepted during the time they suffered sentences have not been returned to [...]
27 thousand of 814 euros is the value of deposits that have not been returned to prisoners released. The National Audition Office (ZKA) in the annual report for the Ministry of Justice in 2019 found that the savings and money the prisoners have accepted while serving sentences have not been returned in all cases.
According to the ZKA, this has contributed to financial damage to prisoners, so they have recommended that those responsible for managing prison money in case of their release return their money. According to the report, the ministry has agreed to the findings and conclusions of auditing, and has pledged to address all recommendations provided, KoHA writes.
The ZKA report quoted the first paragraph of Article 131 of the Law for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions, under which, “following release, the convicted person is given all things and personal items that he has been preserved from the correctional institution, his savings, and the money he has accepted during the time of his sentence of”.
The Ministry of Justice, Kosovo Correcting Service “, respectively, had failed to return all the deposits of released prisoners. The value of unbroken deposits for released prisoners at the end of 2019 was 27 thousand 814 euros”, said the ZKA report.
