958 People Escaped From Penal Colonies Since 90s: Prison Authority

AKIPRESS.COM - Today, 958 people who were serving their sentences at the penal colonies are wanted, said first deputy chairman of the state penitentiary service Jorobek Duishenbayev.

Last year, over 1200 were wanted. "That's because penal colony is not a closed institution with guards like in prisons.

The sentenced persons work based on contract, they show up ones a week, and sometimes some of them escape. This number has been counting since the 90s.

Work on this field is under way," he said. According to the new laws, the heads of correctional institutions should submit a request to the court to review criminal cases against convicts who are serving their sentences in correctional institutions, said the head...