BELI MANASTIR PRISON REINTEGRATED INTO CROATIAN SYSTEM

VUKOVAR, Oct 21 (Hina) - Croatian Justice Minister Miroslav Separovic and deputy to the UN Transitional Administrator for the Croatian Danubian area, Souren Seraydarian, signed a Memorandum on Understanding and Reintegration of the Beli Manastir prison in Vukovar on Tuesday. The prison functions as part of the Croatian justice and penal system as of Tuesday. Under the document, the Beli Manastir prison will function as a department of the Osijek prison and all Croatian citizens who had so far worked in the prison would remain employees. Guards will wear Transitional Force uniforms and plaques on the prison will be bilingual. Speaking about the process of introduction of the Croatian justice system into the Croatian Danube river region hitherto, Separovic expressed satisfaction about the fact that all courtrooms had began working on a regular basis in their centres and that the justice system had been reintegrated in a completely satisfactory manner. Seraydarian also expressed satisfaction and said UNTAES would continue to supervise the Croatian justice system in the Danubian area. (hina) lm mm 212022 MET oct 97