Suicide in Dubrava Prison had demanded that correctional centres be changed

KMDLNj in their response has expressed concern over E's loss of life. S.

“KMDLNY is concerned about the loss of life in a tragic manner by a person deprived of freedom as long as there have been no worries or health problems. E.S. has demanded that a transfer to another correctional or detention centre, but that the situation created due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19 is making it difficult and in some cases the transfer of prisoners to the correctional institutions where they are demanding to be close to families and also seen with the Law on Execution of Criminal Sanctions and European Penal Rules of”, said in media communiques.

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To be urgently investigated, for example, in Dubrava!

According to KMDLNj information, E. The S.T.P.P.P.P.P.D. in Dubrava, is suspected today at 7:30 he hung himself in his room bed. KMDLNY is concerned about the loss of life in a tragic manner by a person deprived of freedom as long as there have been no worries or health problems. E.S. has asked to be transferred to another correctional or detention centre, but that the situation created due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19 is making it difficult and in some cases, unable to transfer prisoners to correctional institutions where they are demanding to be close to families and also seen with the Law on Execution of Criminal Sanctions and European Penal Rules of Prisons. KMDLNj - has reacted earlier that the situation created is exacerbating the state of persons deprived of freedom despite the maximum efforts of the Kosovo Correcting Service and the Prison Health Service. The SHKK, in the absence of family visits, depletion of services outside the corrective institutions, has created conditions for prisoners to communicate with family Skypes, as well as for them to be able to call outside the previous routine. The SKK and the US have taken preventive measures so that COVID-19 does not spread through these institutions, both to jail and to the correct staff that has so far managed very well.

The situation created with pandemic has exacerbated the prison situation, and KMDLNj has demanded that all prisoners who are indiscretions of the profession have suspended sentence until the normalisation of the situation as if to be released from the suffering of low-risk prisoners as if the detention measure were pronounced only in cases when there is no other possibility for Albanianing alternative measures. To eliminate further violations of human rights , KMDLN proposes that family members who want to visit members of the family who are suffering punishment and who are able to do the test, negative-19, should have the right to visit, as an urgent measure, and should within the corrective institutions create a point where tests would be conducted on a daily basis for prisoners and correctional staff, without having to be sent to Pristina.

KMDLNJ understands the fraught psychological state of those deprived of freedom because of the pandemic and requires increased care of responsible institutions so that this situation becomes more patient and with smaller consequences.