PECULIARITIES OF PROVISION OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO PERSONS RELEASED FROM PLACES OF DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY
The article deals with topical issues in the current state of emergency, the actions of quarantine measures in the Republic of Kazakhstan and in the world as a whole, related to the legal regulation of the procedure for providing social and legal assistance to persons released from prison or registered with the probation service in Kazakhstan. This is primarily due to the fact that the lack of means of subsistence, as well as proper control by the probation service during the period of inability to earn money, creates prerequisites for the Commission of new criminal offenses by registered persons. For persons released from places of deprivation of liberty, at the stage of penitentiary probation, in preparation for release, during post penitentiary probation, when registering with the probation service, it is important to provide the convicted person with qualified legal assistance. The authors consider the legal norms regulating the activities of this service in the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as the features of its activities in the context of the policy of decriminalization of criminal legislation. Based on the research presented in this article, as well as taking into account the monitoring and objective assessment of the results obtained during the activities of the probation service in the Republic of Kazakhstan, conclusions are made about the specifics of providing social and legal assistance to persons released from prison. The article analyzes measures and research on the further implementation of the strategy for the rehabilitation of citizens registered by the probation service. The issues of involvement of the civil sector in the process of resocialization of registered persons are considered.