Open day on the eve of the New year

For the first time on the eve of the New Year, an Open Day was held in Institution No.50 of the Department of the Penal Enforcement System of the North Kazakhstan Region. 108 relatives arrived to 52 convicts, 27 of whom were children. A festive event was organized for the guests with animators, treats and gifts, which were traditionally presented to children by Santa Claus and Snow Maiden.
To meet with the convict Karakoz Murzakhmetova, who has been serving a sentence for 10 years, her sister and nephew, who live in Kostanay, arrived. The convict saw her nephew for the first time, meeting him was a gift for both, since that day the boy had a birthday.
"I want to express my gratitude to the administration for such a surprise, the opportunity to see my sister and nephew, for organizing a festive concert, the New Year mood immediately appeared. Today is my nephew's birthday, he turned 4 years old. I am really happy now",- Karakoz notes.
In addition to relatives, Zhumabaev Zhanat Zhenisovich, the representative of the Commissioner for Human Rights for the North Kazakhstan Region, Chairman of the Council of Veterans Bekturov Erkeulan Mazhitovich, representative of the Public Monitoring Commission for the North Kazakhstan Region Konovalov Igor Aleksandrovich were present at the event as guests.
"We all know that the New Year is a family holiday, so we would like the convicts to be able to feel the warmth of the family hearth on the eve of this holiday. It was decided to organize a festive concert and hold a Christmas tree for children. A surprise was prepared for one of the convicts. The most important thing is that everyone was satisfied",- says the head of the institution Kanat Suleimenov.