CONSOLIDATED REPORT homes for the elderly and disabled, at their request or their relatives in the event of ritual necessity, priests of religious associations registered in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan are invited.” We noted in the report, that the ban on the construction of religious buildings (structures) on the territory of institutions and bodies executing penalties (part 6 of article 13 of the PEC RK), does not contradict the obligation to create conditions for the exercising religious rites (part 5 of article 13 of the PEC RK). The opening of premises for prayers is not identical to the construction of religious buildings. Obviously, if these premises are available, convicts will not be able to carry out religious rites in accordance with religious canons, and clerics will not have the place required for meetings with convicts. However, the Ministry of Interior of Kazakhstan limited itself to the reference for use by convicts of the right to 27 freedom of conscience and religious beliefs. And also they say that the number of clerics in correctional institutions increased. The Ministry of Interior did not provide clear explanations of the reasons for the lack of special facilities in the CI to meet the religious needs of convicts. Modern criminological science suggests that penitentiary institutions, with rare exceptions, do not have a corrective effect. On the contrary, it is the first experience of deprivation of liberty that marks the beginning of many “criminal careers”, people in prison are maladapted, lose ties with “significant others”, work skills, health, and stigmatize, acquiring the labels “convicted”, “convict” (ZEK), “criminal” limiting the normal life chances after liberation. The criminal legislation and practices of its application in the republic are absurdly harsh, leading to the fact that in places of deprivation of liberty there is a significant number of people who do not pose any danger to