YEREVAN, DECEMBER 20, ARMENPRESS. As part of a re-equipment program, the department of corrections is planning to acquire modern technical devices for all 12 prisons in the country.

Department of corrections head Major General Artur Goyunyan told a news conference that 250,000,000 drams will be invested for the project.

He said the corrections service headquarters will have a Tactical Management Center where all correctional facilities will be monitored 24/7 through CCTV surveillance.

“I have taken respective measures in order for this issue to be solved in 2020”, he said.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan