“Can such a transformation happen? Of course, yes, we certainly support the goal that resocialization is very important in the course of sentence execution. However, we received reports and actually learned that the reform is being carried out coercively, and we do not support that in any way,” R. Tamašunienė said at a press conference held on Thursday.
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“Officials cannot be transferred from one position to another without their consent, because overall there is a shortage of over 20 percent of officials in the Prison Service, and every official is important,” noted the Minister of Justice.
