The West Kazakhstan regional court and the prosecutor's office held a forum on "Labor as a condition of probation control"

The event was attended by the judges, the representatives of the prosecutor's office, the akimat, the probation service, the DCS, the employment center, the public, the media, the district court judges and the representatives of the above-mentioned local structures.

Opening the event, the head of the regional court Bek Ametov noted that with the introduction of the Law "On Probation" on January 17, 2017 such a novel as pre-trial probation, the application of which will increase the resocializing impact of criminal justice was introduced. This contributes to strengthening of social support for persons classified as socially vulnerable and those who failed to comply with the law. Within the framework of the Law, there are norms for the interaction of the probation service with state bodies, organizations, citizens and NGOs on the provision of social and legal assistance to persons who fall into the orbit of criminal justice and who are subject to probation in order to prevent them from committing repeated crimes.

B. Ametov also reminded about the signing of the five-sided Memorandum by the regional court, prosecutor's office, DSC, EGI and APK branch on August 28 of this year which laid the foundation for implementing a set of measures to strengthen the social support of persons classified as socially vulnerable and violated the law. It was also noted that a quota of workplaces at the enterprises of the region is approved annually to provide convicted with paid work by local executive bodies. The probation service sends convicts to the labor exchange, which issues directions for work. However, many convicts refuse the proposed work, referring to low wages and unwillingness to hold onto the workplace. As a result, convicts continue to lead the old way of life, committing new criminal offenses. Only in the current year in the region, 45 unemployed convicts who are under probation control were re-arraigned on a criminal charge.

In this regard, the participants of the forum considered the mechanisms for stimulating convicts for employment and they developed specific recommendations, defining the algorithms for joint actions in this area of ​​the judiciary, the prosecutor's office and the probation service based on the results of the discussion. In particular, the courts were asked to oblige the convicts to find the employment during a month without imprisonment after the sentence entered into legal force. In case the convicts refuse to work without reasonable excuse, regard the refusal as a violation of the conditions of probation control which will serve as the basis for sending him to places of deprivation of liberty.

The participants noted that such conditions of probation control will stimulate employment, provide material aid to the family and reimburse the damage to the injured party. This will also allow excluding the commission of the second offense on the basis of unemployment and remove the problem of dependency sentiment among this category of citizens.

The participants of the event watched a video about the implementation of the strategy of social rehabilitation of persons released from prison in the framework of the implementation of the 33 step of the Plan of the Nation.