VISIT TO NIS PENITENTIARY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
October 24th
Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovic visited today the Penitentiary Correctional Institute in Nis where a new tailoring and sewing facility was opened, so that inmates would be able to make clothes for other institutions of this type and clothing details for the Ministry of Justice. All inmates who work on some of the jobs are paid per working day, and based on the Law on Labor, twenty percent of the minimum wage in Serbia. At the moment, there are over 1500 inmates in the Nis Penitentiary Correctional Institute and this institution is one of the best in the country. Businessmen from Nis, who visited this facility today, were presented a range of products from this institute, which includes dozens of wood and metal items that could be used as furniture, decorative details or tools. The Institute also has its own printing houseand food production.
