A two-storey sewing workshop has opened in the men's colony of North Kazakhstan region

The grand opening of the two-storey modular building of the Yenbek-Kyzylzhar RSI, which houses a sewing workshop and a training class for convicts, took place in institution №48 of the Department of Criminal Justice for North Kazakhstan Region.

The event was attended by the head of the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Onal Bekiev, Chairman of the Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Tenizzhan Dzhanibekov, Deputy Chairman Rustem Tungyshbayev, Head of the Rear Department of the Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alexander Petukhov, head of the office of the Akim of the region Ruslan Alishev, Deputy Prosecutor of the region Dauren Yerzhanov, representative of the Commissioner for Human Rights for North Kazakhstan Zhanat Zhumabayev, as well as the leadership of the Department UIS in the North Kazakhstan region.

The Chairman of the UIS Committee, Colonel of Justice Tenizzhan Dzhanibekov, made a welcoming speech to the guests and awarded a number of people for fruitful cooperation, active work and assistance in the implementation of the Roadmap for improving the situation in institutions of the penitentiary system. Then there was a solemn ribbon-cutting ceremony, a tour of the sewing workshop and a demonstration of products produced on the territory of the institution.

The area of the two-storey modular building is 450 square meters. To date, 126 convicts have been employed in the institution. Upon completion of construction, all necessary equipment is installed in the modular building. In addition, the selection of employees, namely 18 convicts with sewing skills, was carried out. In the near future, it is planned to employ about 60 more convicts.

"The implementation of such a large project for the construction of a production workshop on the territory of the UIS institution was implemented for the first time as part of the implementation of the Roadmap measures together with local executive bodies. The project was carried out with the aim of training qualified personnel and creating new jobs for convicts. In addition, this project has no analogues throughout the republic",- the Department said.