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1/9/01
Unofficial prisons to be controlled by Prisons Organization- Khoeiniha

Tehran, Jan 8, IRNA -- Majlis Deputy Ali-Akbar Mousavi Khoeiniha said Monday the Prisons Organization plans to monitor and control the unofficial prisons shortly.

Khoeiniha who is also a member of the group of MPs visiting the Tehran custodies and prisons said a list of prisons had been prepared after the visits to the Tehran prisons which shows the fact that it is not clear these prisons were administered or supervised by which institution or agency.

A report submitted to the Intelligence Ministry on the Tohid Prison resulted in the closure of the said prison by the order of the intelligence minister, he told a group of reporters, calling it among the important results of the visits.

He said the Intelligence Ministry was one of the main bodies which was actively cooperating with the group of MPs visiting the prisons adding that the ministry has given the responsibility to administer the unit 209 of the Evin prison to the Prisons Organization.

Commenting on the now closed Tohid prison, Khoeiniha who is also the secretary of the Tehran MPs Association said the prison is to turn into a cultural complex or a museum in which the backgrounds of the prominent personalities of the Iranian system would be displayed.

He said the custodies of the Law Enforcement Forces would also be supervised by the Prisons Organization and later on the MPs would visit them.

He said the MPs visiting the prisons found that there were also prisons handled independently by the law enforcement forces stations, the security services of the army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.

He said the MPs have visited some prisons or custodies run independently by the Law Enforcement Forces, the Judiciary and the Revolutionary Court.

The Law Enforcement Forces Security Department Head Ramazani is trying to administer the LEF custodies within the limits of the law to vanish the past bitter memories from the mind of the people, he stated.

He said the MPs also paid a visit to a 40-year-old prison where some of the suspects of the serial killings case were incarcerated

Khoeiniha praised the officials in various organizations for their good cooperation with the MPs visiting the prisons and custodies and called upon the authorities with the military and security agencies to help the Prisons Organization to effectively supervise the prisons in the country.

The group of the MPs had a meeting with the Judiciary Head Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi on the conditions of the prisons.

Shahroudi is undertaking great strides to remove the problems facing the prisons, the MPs said.

An investigation unit is set up within the Judiciary to examine the problems facing the prisoners and it would work with representatives from the parliament in reviewing the drawbacks in the prisons, said the MP, adding that the unit would start its work shortly and independently from the political issues.

As for participants in the Berlin Conference, Khoeiniha said Sahabi and Afshari have been transferred from the Evin Prison a few days ago but it is not clear where they are detained.



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