Mother with 4-month-old baby sentenced by the GJKKO to around 7 years in prison, the People’s Advocate launches a verification of the case at Pojskë prison

The case of a woman sentenced to imprisonment, who is in the Pojskë sentence-serving institution together with her 4-month-old baby, has attracted the attention of the People’s Advocate.

In a reaction to the media’s interest, the institution announces that today a working group of the Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture has gone to Pojskë prison to verify the situation and the circumstances of the case.

“A working group of the Institution of the People’s Advocate, specifically the Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture, is going to Pojskë prison, to verify the situation regarding the sentencing of a lady, who is at the same time the mother of a 4-month-old baby,” the People’s Advocate’s announcement says.

The institution states that after the monitoring is completed it will announce the findings.

The case relates to Greta Gjoci, also known as Greta Pepa, who, according to the data made public, has been sentenced to 6 years and 8 months in prison for the criminal offences of “computer fraud” within a structured criminal group and “participation in a structured criminal group”. On October 5, the GJKKO Appeals Court upheld the first-instance decision.

According to the information made public, Gjoci has been sent to the women’s prison in Pojskë and her 4-month-old baby is with her.

Meanwhile, the verification launched by the People’s Advocate is expected to shed light on the conditions and the manner of treatment of this situation, while the monitoring findings are expected to be made public by the institution.