CONSOLIDATED REPORT 2017; 16) Establishment ЕС - 164/1 at NKO:July 26, 2017; 17) Establishment EC - 164/4 at NKO on July 27, 2017; 18) Establishment UG-157/9 in Atyrau region -29 July 2017; 19) Establishment IC-167/11 of the penitentiary system of Kazakhstan - August 23, 2017; 20) Establishment OV-156/14 East Kazakhstan region -27 August 2017; 21) Establishment EC - 166/4 Atbasar-29 August 2017; 22) Establishment RU-170/2 of the penitentiary system in the West Kazakhstan region, Uralsk-7-8 September 2017; 23) Establishment RU-170/3 of the penitentiary system in West Kazakhstan region, Uralsk, September 8, 2017; 24) Establishment RU-170/1 of the penitentiary system in the West Kazakhstan region, Uralsk-October 18, 2017; 25) Establishment LA 155/1 17 of the penitentiary system in Almaty and Almaty region, Almaty - 17 December 2017. The system for the execution of punishments is one of the constant targets of criticism of the local (Kazakh) and the international community. The main reason for this criticism is the lack of compliance with the standards of detention of persons serving sentences, which leads to violations of their rights and complaints to various organizations. Objective and subjective factors can be identified as the reasons for this situation. The detachment colony system with outdated material resources, contradictions between the normative legal acts (based on which the penitentiary institutions operate) of the national legislation and international norms have led to the fact that, despite the reduction of the prison population, in many units there is a shortage of personnel, which inevitably leads to the creation of voluntary assistants to the