How the prisoner died
Preliminary prisoner Gagik Safaryan didn't die in prison, but at the "Erebuni" medical center, announces the Public Relations Division of the Penitentiary Department at the RA Ministry of Justice, which views the media's information regarding Safaryan's death as distorted.
"The ambulance almost never responds to calls here ("Nubarashen" Penitentiary). Calling a doctor turns into a big deal. By the time doctors come, things get worse. Even when they come, they give tranquilizers and you have to convince them that the person is really feeling bad. The person who died yesterday was feeling bad, but before doctors realized that, he died," writes "Chorort Ishkhanutyun" daily newspaper, in reference to one of the employees at "Nubarashen" Penitentiary.
The official source suspects the existence of this employee.
According to the Public Relations Division of the Penitentiary Department at the RA Ministry of Justice, the following is what really happened:
"On June 5 at around 21:00, Gagik Safaryan, who was a preliminary prisoner at "Nubarshen" Penitentiary of the RA Ministry of Justice, was in poor health condition. The doctors of the penitentiary's medical service diagnosed "sharp peritoneum" and immediately called an ambulance.
The ambulance transferred Safaryan to the "Prisoners' Hospital" Penitentiary of the RA Ministry of Justice where doctors came to the conclusion that the prisoner had to undergo an operation, and the prisoner was immediately transferred to "Erebuni" medical center.
The prisoner was examined at "Erebuni" medical center at 22:00, after which he underwent an operation. The next day, on June 6 at around 19:00, preliminary prisoner G. Safaryan died at "Erebuni" medical center," as stated in the press release.
Gagik Safaryan, who had previously been sentenced four times and suffered from an incurable disease, was charged with Point 2, Part 3 of Articles 38-266 and Point 2, Part 2, Article 268 of the RA Criminal Code (illegal circulation of drugs or sedatives in large doses).
Some sources say he was infected with AIDS. However, "A1+" wasn't able to clear up this information from the Public Relations Division of the Penitentiary Department at the RA Ministry of Justice because "that was confidential and wasn't subject to be released."
