At a meeting with newly appointed prison-system head Kapar Mukeev in Bishkek on 31 October, President Kurmanbek Bakiev charged him with restoring order in the penal system, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. The murder of parliamentary deputy Tynychbek Akmatbaev at a penal colony outside Bishkek on 20 September sparked demonstrations recently in the capital; the former head of the prison system, Ikmatullo Polotov, later died from wounds sustained during the incident that resulted in Akmatbaev\'s death. Mukeev told the president that work is under way to stabilize the situation. Bakiev warned Mukeev that he will hold him personally responsible for ensuring that funds budgeted to maintain the prison system are properly spent. Also on 31 October, prison-system deputy director Batyr Saparbaev announced that 5 million soms ($122,000) have been allocated to corrective-labor colonies to improve conditions, RFE/RL reported. According to official data, 56 soms ($1.37) per inmate are supposed to be spent on food each day, but the actual sum allotted is only 17 soms. (RFE/RL)