"It looks like the same old prison." The first probation center has opened in Ufa, promising to "resocialize" men released from prison.
Bashkortostan became one of 11 regions where a pilot project for the establishment of probation centers was launched. How сообщают According to state media, former prisoners will be able to receive psychological support, assistance with paperwork and benefits, as well as vocational training, employment, and the "development of socially useful connections" at the center.
In the opened in Ufa You can live in the center for up to 11 months, but you will be able to receive assistance no more than 40 people per year. Journalists compare a center with a social hostel "with living rooms, a kitchen, a shower, and a place to relax."
According to the head of the regional department of the Federal Penitentiary Service, in Bashkortostan in 2025 30 convicted, who have nowhere to return to. Although the probation center has opened, it will only begin operations in January, when the second phase of probation implementation in Russia begins (the first phase is probation in prisons before release).
«For some reason, the center's context only refers to men. But where are Bashkortostan women supposed to return to after being released from the prison colonies without housing? Judging by the photos, the center itself looks like a prison colony—except for the single-tier beds, and a table lamp (admittedly from the last century) with a flower on the nightstand."," the former political prisoner noted. Liliya Chanysheva.
Chanysheva recalled a girl who was released last summer after a 10-year sentence for drugs: “She said that she would never set foot in the social housing that the state provides for those released, since everyone there falls back into drug addiction.».
At the beginning of the year сообщалосьthat the first centers will appear in 4 regions: Khabarovsk Territory, Vladimir, Sakhalin Oblast и Khanty-Mansi Autonomous OkrugOn the eve of plans to create such a center told Saratov residents.
In July, the Minister of Justice Konstantin Chuychenko reported about the first results of the probation institution, which began to be implemented in the country in 2023: within the framework of penitentiary probation (that is, in prison before release), assistance was provided to more Xnumx to thousands citizens. From more 12 thousands applications for assistance were approved 10 thousands.