Today, Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance Khatuna Kalmakhelidze together with Head of Legal Aid Service Irakli Kobidze met with Poti population. Meeting was intended to inform citizens about those cost-free legal assistances which are provided by the Service in whole Georgia for socially unprotected population.

Biennial Memorandum of Cooperation was affirmed with the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs and “National Center of Tuberculosis and Lungs Diseases”. Memorandum aims to control spread of tubercular infections in the Penitentiary System.

Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance Khatuna Kalmakhelidze and Head of National Probation Agency Teimuraz Iobidze opened the District Office of Probation in Sachkhere.

Deputy Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance Giorgi Makasarashvili and Head of Charitable Foundation “New Way of Life” Shuqri Burchuladze visited Educational Establishment for Juveniles to get familiar with the ongoing project of woodcarving at the Establishment.

Deputy Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance Giorgi Makasarashvili and Head of National Probation Agency Teimuraz Iobidze opened the Dusheti District Office of Mtskheta-Mtianeti Regional Bureau of Probation.

The process of granting short-term leaves to convicts continues. Two prisoners, convicted for less severe crimes, will spend three days in their homes.