Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ASHGABAT1040
2008-08-11 14:16:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:
TURKMENISTAN: PRISON ALLOWS INMATES TIME AWAY WITH
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UNCLAS ASHGABAT 001040
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, DRL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: PRISON ALLOWS INMATES TIME AWAY WITH
FAMILY
UNCLAS ASHGABAT 001040
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, DRL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: PRISON ALLOWS INMATES TIME AWAY WITH
FAMILY
1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (SBU) A minimum-security prison in Mary province allows
prisoners furloughs of up to one week in duration to spend
time with their family in a nearby village. The Turkish
A/DCM told us he had recently visited a Turkish citizen, who
had been sentenced to three years in prison for being
responsible for an industrial accident that resulted in
several injuries. The man is incarcerated in a prison in the
town of Osan in Mary province. Most of the other prisoners
there have been convicted of involvement in traffic accidents
and similar types of crimes. In this prison, inmates are
allowed periodic furloughs of up to seven days in duration to
spend time with their family in a nearby town. This Turkish
prisoner spent one four-day period with his family. The
prisoners have to rent villas in the town, and supposedly, no
one has used this opportunity to run away. These furloughs
have proven to be a benefit for the prisoners and an economic
boon to the town where they rent the villas and buy
provisions during the furlough.
3. (SBU) COMMENT: While Turkmenistan's maximum-security
facilities reportedly can be brutal, this furlough idea seems
to be very humane. Since it seems that most inmates were
convicted of less serious crimes, they are also likely
candidates for amnesty as well. END COMMENT.
CURRAN
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, DRL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: PRISON ALLOWS INMATES TIME AWAY WITH
FAMILY
1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (SBU) A minimum-security prison in Mary province allows
prisoners furloughs of up to one week in duration to spend
time with their family in a nearby village. The Turkish
A/DCM told us he had recently visited a Turkish citizen, who
had been sentenced to three years in prison for being
responsible for an industrial accident that resulted in
several injuries. The man is incarcerated in a prison in the
town of Osan in Mary province. Most of the other prisoners
there have been convicted of involvement in traffic accidents
and similar types of crimes. In this prison, inmates are
allowed periodic furloughs of up to seven days in duration to
spend time with their family in a nearby town. This Turkish
prisoner spent one four-day period with his family. The
prisoners have to rent villas in the town, and supposedly, no
one has used this opportunity to run away. These furloughs
have proven to be a benefit for the prisoners and an economic
boon to the town where they rent the villas and buy
provisions during the furlough.
3. (SBU) COMMENT: While Turkmenistan's maximum-security
facilities reportedly can be brutal, this furlough idea seems
to be very humane. Since it seems that most inmates were
convicted of less serious crimes, they are also likely
candidates for amnesty as well. END COMMENT.
CURRAN