Favorable conditions will be created for prisoners to watch radio and TV programs to get familiarization with the pre-election programs of the presidential candidatures in Azerbaijan, the Justice Ministry Penitentiary Service (PS) told Trend News on 17 September.
The PS has developed and adopted an action plan in connection with the presidential elections, the Ministry said.
About 19,000 prisoners, including underage people and foreign citizens, serve their punishment in Azerbaijan.
Particularly, training will be held for prisoners, personal staff and servicemen to explain them elections rights at the penitentiary institutions, where polling stations will be organized.
Candidatures’ documents and propaganda means, which the elections headquarters submitted, will be placed at the institutions.
A list of prisoners, employees of the penitentiary service and servicemen with a right of vote, will be developed at the time, which the CEC fixed. After the development of the voters list, transfer of prisoners within the punishment places, as well as their transfer from investigation cells to prisons and discharge of prisoners released before the completion of punishment term will be temporarily suspended.
The Justice Ministry will hand special cards, coordinated with the CEC, to prisoners not having ID cards.
Prisoners, who serve their punishment at special and station type of prisons, will vote at polling stations, organized in a district, where the institutions are located.
In accordance with requirements of the Elections Code, the CEC will announce on establishment of stations at least five days before the elections day at the institutions with special regime, Azar Sariyev, the press secretary of the CEC said. /Trend/