On Tuesday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered humanitarian aid to the correctional colony and a pre-trial detention facility in Tskhinval.
According to the ICRC Public Relations officer Marina Tedety, the action was organized as part of assistance to the authorities in improving detention.
“It has been delivered individual hygiene products (60 bags), towels (50), mattresses (50), pillows (50), bedding sets (50), blankets (50), washing powder (160 kg), liquid detergent, as well as sets of clothes and shoes (for 10 people),” Tedety said.
She has added that in addition, two washing machines, set-top boxes, 20 electric heaters and a dental chair for the dentist's office in IK-1 have already been delivered.
“The assistance provided was delivered in response to the needs voiced by the relevant authorities and the administration of penitentiary institutions,” Tedety has specified.
