Creation of the Operational Department of the Central Body of the Penitentiary Service

On the basis of the law making amendments to the "Law on Penitentiary Service" dated October 23, 2023, by the order of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Grigor Minasian, the activities of a number of structural subdivisions of the Penitentiary Service have been suspended, new structural subdivisions have been established, and positions have been reduced and newly established.

Thus, the operation of the operational departments of the central body of the Penitentiary Service and all penitentiary institutions has been discontinued, and their staff positions have been reduced. In their place, the Operational Department of the Central Body of the Penitentiary Service has been created, along with territorial divisions and departments located in penitentiary institutions.

By relevant orders of the Head of the Penitentiary Service, Justice Colonel Ambakum Grigoryan, the personnel occupying the positions of the aforementioned dissolved departments have been dismissed from their positions, some have been appointed to corresponding positions in the Operational Department, while others have been registered in the personnel reserve of the Penitentiary Service.

Considering the peculiarities of the "Abovyan" Penitentiary Institution under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, for the first time within the framework of these personnel changes, the duties of the head of the operational subdivision have been entrusted to a female officer.