April 21, 2020 Latvia: no COVID-19 infection cases found in prisons so far News Coronavirus Europe Health Latvia So far not a single COVID-19 infection case has been found in prisons in Latvia – neither among convicts nor among prison guards, said chief of Prison Administration (IeVP) Ilona Spure in an interview to Latvijas Radio. According to her, every new convict, is put in a 14-day quarantine after arriva…
December 8, 2019 Latvia: major Rīga prison to be closed in 2019 News Europe Latvia Rīga’s Brasa prison will be closed starting April 1, 2019 as part of an ongoing prison reform, Aija Fedorova, a representative of the Latvian Prison Administration told the press November 7.
November 29, 2019 Latvia: last inmates transferred from Brasa prison prior to closure News Europe LGBTQI Latvia This week the last inmates were transferred from the to-be-liquidated Brasa prison to other correctional facilities, while the Brasa prison will be closed down as of April 1, Latvian Prison Administration rep Aija Fedorova told the press.
June 27, 2017 Latvia: electronic monitoring implemented in Latvia with Norway Grants News Europe Latvia Parallel to the development of the draft laws, the preparation of the electronic monitoring public procurement procedures was initiated. This procurement was the most complex in the history of the SPS and the implementation of the procedure was unexpectedly time consuming. The development of the dr…
