On International Women’s Day, Minister Haxhiu visits female prisoners at the Lipjan Correctional Center

The purpose of this visit was to reveal the priorities of the Ministry of Justice with special emphasis on the implementation of the rights of prisoners as provided by the legislation in force and the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo.

Minister Haxhiu also listened closely to the concerns of female prisoners related to the conditional release panel, the lack of reasoning for rejections or standard reasoning and the non-inclusion of women for amnesty by the President. Some of the other concerns still remain employment, classification, the need for semi-open prison, then food packages and the need to add weekends.

Minister Haxhiu emphasized her commitment to addressing the concerns within the constitutional and legal responsibilities and addressed the need for resocialization and reintegration programs.