Day of the employee of the penitentiary system of Kyrgyzstan
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Established by the Decree of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of September 26, 2003 No. 609, in accordance with Article 39 of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On bodies and institutions of the penal (penitentiary) system".
Decree of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic dated March 10, 2006 No. 149 approved the National Program for Reforming the Penitentiary System of the Kyrgyz Republic until 2010 “YMYT”.
The penitentiary system of the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic consists of:
- Directorate General for the Execution of Punishments;
- 11 correctional colonies;
- 1 educational colony;
- 6 pre-trial detention centres;
- 19 settlement colonies;
- Department for the protection of correctional institutions and escort of convicts and detainees, and its units.
The current state of the penitentiary system of the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic is characterized by work to maintain a stable operational situation in penitentiary institutions, improve the moral and psychological climate, ensure the conditions of detention of convicts and persons in custody in accordance with the current legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Execution of sentences, in the form of imprisonment, in accordance with the Criminal Executive Code of the Kyrgyz Republic should be carried out in colonies of four types - general, strengthened, strict, special regimes. Currently, the penitentiary system of Kyrgyzstan operates only two types of colonies - strengthened and strict regimes.
