Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. S.Ilhamgizi / The Women Problems Examination Centre will carry out a range of measures to release some women prisoners and will develop a set of proposals, Sevil Allahverdiyeva, the chairman of the Centre, reported.
Monitoring was held by the Centre for Agitation of Women Problems in the Women's Prison 4 to become familiar with human rights protection and corresponding of the prison to international standards.
The crimes committed by the majority of women range from killing their husbands, fraud, prostitution and participation in illegal drugs. There are carpet weaving and sewing shops in the prison. The ventilation system in the prison is in a terrible condition. The prison also has a shower room, beauty shop and library, hospital and mosque. The ' Azerbaijan', 'Republic', 'Khalg', ' Baku worker' newspapers are constantly supplied in the prison. The monitoring group felt the meals served in the prison to be normal.
The age of most women prisoners ranged from 18 to 68. Besides the Azerbaijani women there are prisoners from 8 countries serving their sentence; 10 from Russia, 7 from Georgia, 2 from Ukraine, 1 from Uzbekistan, 1 from Kyrgyzstan, 1 from Kazakhstan, 1 from Moldova and 1 from Iran.
The ethnic composition of the women is 203 Azerbaijanis, 14 Russians, 4 Avar, 2 Lezgi, 2 Georgian, 1 Ukrainian, 1 Chuvash, 1 Gipsy, 1 German, 1 Gagauz, 1Kirghiz, 1 Uzbek, 1 Chechen, 1 Kabardinian, 1 Armenian.
In total 239 women are serving their sentence in the Women's Prison 4.