
Ministry of Corrections of Georgia today started a
professional training program at N16 Low Risk Prison. In scales of the program,
20 prisoners will study culinary arts. Course will last for 6 months and after
the completion prisoners will receive adequate certificates.
Culinary course is organized by the professional college
“Ikarosi” and is supported financially by the USA Embassy. Course will be lead
by the famous cook Manuel. In order to run the program perfectly, USA Embassy
will allocate funds for buying a new, specific cooking facilities for N16 Low
Risk Prison.
Minister of Corrections of Georgia, Kakha Kakhishvili, the
Vice Minister of Education and Science Qetevan Natriashvili and the ambassador
of USA in Georgia, Ian Kelly attended the event dedicated to the opening of the
program.
Aim of the program is to resocialize prisoners, aid their
rehabilitation and prevent the reiteration of the crime. Mastering culinary
arts or other specific professions will help prisoners find jobs after discharging
what therefore will lower the risk of the new crime from their side.
Resocialization and rehabilitation of the prisoners is one
of the primary aims of the correctional institution. On the one hand, the
Ministry of Corrections guarantees adequate conditions for the imprisoned ones
while on the other side takes care of their social reintegration. In order to
make this happen the Ministry runs various programs at prisons and collaborates
with different institutions as well as with local and foreign organizations.