In the North Kazakhstan region, the convict saw her newborn grandson for the first time via Skype

In institutions of the penal enforcement system in the North Kazakhstan region, short-term visits are also held online via Skype. Over the past two years, more than 2,000 video sessions of convicts with their relatives and relatives have been organized. Online meetings are primarily intended for those whose relatives live in other regions and countries.

Video meetings with loved ones who live in remote regions of the country and are physically unable to go on real dates help convicts to maintain socially useful connections and contribute to their resocialization, as well as positively affect the psychological state of convicts, - said the head of the DIS for the North Kazakhstan Region, Rustan Akhmetzhanov.
During the video call, the convicted L. saw her newborn grandson for the first time. – To live to an advanced age and not take part not only in the birth of a long-awaited grandson, but also not to share the joy with your family – this is the greatest punishment. I have an only son, this is my first and only long-awaited grandson in eight years. My heart aches that I am far away on this day. I really want to hug my grandson. I named my grandson myself, Gregory," says the convict. The newly-made grandmother was sentenced to 10 years under Article 297 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Illegal manufacture, processing, acquisition, storage, transportation for sale, shipment or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues“" She has five years and eight months left to serve her sentence.