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Poet Zviad Ratiani Placed Under Stricter Prison Regime as Penitentiary Service Cites ‘Higher Risk’

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Poet Zviad Ratiani, who is serving a two-year sentence for slapping a police officer, was placed under a stricter prison regime in a decision his lawyer described as “unsubstantiated,” as the Special Penitentiary Service cited “information regarding his safety” that it said led to his classification as a “higher-risk” inmate. In a letter from Tbilisi’s …