Former Director of Prison Skopje and Prison Police Officer, Criminal for 10 People
Former Director of Prison Skopje JA and prison policeman SK They were detained today for suspicion of abuse of power and allowing the escape of a person deprived of their liberty. They will be brought before a pre -trial judge, and during the day police searched their homes. Criminal charges have been brought against them, and eight more.
The Ministry of Interior announced tonight that the department for the suppression of organized and serious crime has filed criminal charges with the BPPO for GOCK against ten people: FA. (42) for the crimes of « illegal liberation of a person deprived of liberty » under Article 373 of the CC, « Abuse of Official Position and Authorization » under Article 353 of the CC and « Enabling the escape of a person deprived of liberty » under Article 372 of the CC, SK. (53), PA (40), JR (34), SP (48), so called (37), EO (46), ZM (35), KV (34) for the crimes of « illegal liberation of a person deprived of liberty » under Article 373 of the CC and « Abuse of Official Position and Authorization » under Article 353 of the CC, as well as against SK. (33) for the crime of « allowing the escape of a person deprived of liberty » under Article 372 paragraph 1 of the CC.
Reported JA, as director of Prison Skopje Prison, from March 2024 to 24.07.2024 with the intention of temporarily releasing convicts who were serving prison sentences in the Prison Prison, abusing his official position and ordering more and more convicted persons and ordered him to receive more and more convicted persons. that is, the same approved applications submitted by the convicts to occasionally leave the prison, after which the reported PA. From the position of a prison police commander who was in charge of the conduct, although he knew that such a conductor was contrary to the law and the procedures for the conduct, after receiving the order from the director JA, he drafted an order to conduct convicts to their homes and other locations for private needs. Employee as a prison police officer in Prison Skopje, a personal driver of JA. The approved orders were handed over to the reported prison police officers JR, SP, TN, EO, ZM. and KV In order to carry out the unlawful conduct of the convicts, although they knew that such a convicted person to a domestic address based on a request was contrary to law and the procedures and bylaws of the law, they still carried out the conductor, where they were released by the convicts to perform private works, and then after a time of 10 hours. The crime of « abuse of power and authority » committed the reported prison police officers by using official vehicles at the institution for such illegal conductors, for which official fuel was consumed, while part of the reported prison police officers Director JA. He approved overtime (44 hours in total overtime), thus causing damage to the budget of the Republic of Macedonia, as well as a small property benefit for JR, SP, so on. and ZM.
Reported SK In the capacity of a prison police officer, the crime of « enabling escaping a person deprived of liberty » provided for and punishable under Article 372 of the CC by not taking obligatory measures and activities in determining the number of convicts, acted contrary to Article 9, Article 13, Article 19, Article 28, Article 44, He did not report a certain group of convicts while performing physical checks on a number of situation, concluding that all convicts were present, ie there was no absent. While in control of unannounced extraordinary supervision by experts of the Sanctions Directorate, it was found that a group of 11 convicts were not reported that they were not present in makeshift premises: « fleet », « laundry », « carpentry » and « .
Concerning the escape of the group of 11 convicts who served the prison sentence in the Prison Skopje Prison, due to the fact that the reported JA. In the capacity of director of the institution, although he was obliged to take appropriate measures, in relation to the makeshift premises that do not meet the legal requirements for accommodation of convicts, he did not undertake the said activities and allowed the convicts to be accommodated in the makeshift premises without special supervision, as required by the law. Until the escape of 11 convicts, and with the stated reported JA. He committed a crime of « Enabling escape to a person deprived of liberty » provided for and punishable under Article 372 of the CC, reads the statement from the Ministry of Interior.
The police action comes after the Sanctions Administration carried out controls on the work in the penitentiary institutions and found abuses in the work of some of the management staff in prisons. The findings were submitted to the Ministry of Interior and the prosecution.
