The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has charged three convicts with physical assault on prison staff.

The investigation conducted by the General Inspectorate of the Ministry of Justice established that on October 2 of this year, B. Ch., a convict for a particularly grave crime, who was placed in a cell in one of the residential buildings of the Special Penitentiary Service No. 6 institution, physically assaulted the deputy director of the institution who had come to inspect his cell. Also, on October 4, while returning from a walk in the N6 penitentiary institution, J. J., a convict for a particularly grave crime, and V. T., a convict for a grave crime, attacked and physically assaulted the chief inspector of the legal regime department of the institution.

Convict B.Ch., who had previously raped a penitentiary employee, was charged under Article 378, Part 4, Subparagraph “b” and Part 5 of the same article (repeated physical assault of a penitentiary employee by a person convicted of a particularly serious crime) of the Criminal Code of Georgia, while convicts J.J. and V.T. were charged under Article 378, Part 5 of the Criminal Code of Georgia (physical assault of a penitentiary employee by a person convicted of a serious and particularly serious crime), which provides for up to 12 years of imprisonment as a form and measure of punishment.

The Prosecutor’s Office is filing a motion with the court to schedule a pre-trial hearing for the defendants.