CSSFCY of the Donetsk region in 2010
Specialists of the system of centres for social services for family, children, and youth provide social assistance to:
- persons who are in pre-trial detention centres
- persons who have been sentenced to punishments without imprisonment
- persons serving sentences
- persons who have been released from places of detention
In the framework of providing services to persons released from places of detention, 882 people who have left places of detention (including 9 children) contacted the centres for social services for family, children, and youth during the first 9 months of 2010. Specialists of the CSSFCY provided them with more than 5,000 individual services. As a result, 472 clients improved relations with relatives, 136 clients were able to process documents, 96 received assistance in obtaining registration, 35 were able to solve their housing and domestic problems, and 3 clients were assisted in restoring housing.
Centres for social services for family, children, and youth of the Donetsk region also carry out social work with persons serving sentences in places of detention. During the first 9 months of 2010, CSSFCY specialists conducted individual work with 783 people serving sentences in places of detention (including 3 children). As a result of the provision of more than 5,000 services: 167 clients were able to improve family relations, 509 were prepared for release from places of detention, 7 people received assistance in processing documents, 2 people were assisted in restoring housing, and 7 people were placed in education.
The network of consultation points of the centres for social services for family, children, and youth in institutions of the correctional system includes:
- consultation points at the criminal-executive inspectorate, established in 10 centres for social services for family, children, and youth (cities of Artemivsk, Torez, Yenakiieve, Druzhkivka, Debaltseve, Selydove, Dokuchaievsk, Snizhne, Shakhtarsk, and Volodarskyi district).
- 7 consultation points at correctional colonies in 5 centres for social services for family, children, and youth (cities of Torez, Selydove, Mariupol, Horlivka (3 CP), and Volnovakha district).
- 2 consultation points at pre-trial detention centres under the Artemivsk and Mariupol CSSFCY centres.
The work of CSSFCY specialists also covers persons who have been sentenced to punishments without imprisonment. During the first 9 months of 2010, 3,253 people sentenced to punishment without imprisonment (including 400 children) contacted the CSSFCY centres. As a result of the work carried out by specialists, 1,734 clients improved family relations, 189 received assistance in processing documents, 54 were employed, and 17 were placed in education.
Specialists of the CSSFCY of the Donetsk region also provided services throughout the year to persons who are in pre-trial detention centres. During the first 9 months of 2010, social work was conducted with 154 persons in pre-trial detention centres (including 134 children). As a result of providing 608 individual services, all clients received necessary information about the possibility of obtaining social and legal services, 70 clients were able to improve relations with relatives, and 4 people received assistance in the form of food parcels, clothing, and footwear.