Report on Vocational Training for Convicts in the Lviv Region for 2007.

One of the most important conditions for the social adaptation of convicts after their release is having an education. Therefore, organizing work to provide vocational skills to convicts serving sentences in the region’s institutions is an important direction of our work. In 2007, new specialties were mastered in educational institutions: computer typesetting operator and stained glass artist at VC-48 (with the assistance of the Public Council under the administration); electrician at VC-50; seamstress at VC-110; bricklayer, plasterer, and car repair mechanic at Sambir VC.

In 2007, vocational training was carried out in 20 licensed professions: miller; turner; electric gas welder; electric welder; electrician; bench fitter for assembly work; bench fitter-repairman; bench fitter-toolmaker; car repair mechanic; construction carpenter; wood restoration carpenter; boiler operator; general-purpose machine operator; woodworking machine operator; painter, bricklayer, plasterer; seamstress; computer typesetting operator; stained glass artist; bricklayer; plasterer. It is worth noting that in 2007, there were five more professions than in the previous year.

In total, as of December 2007, there were 662 convicts in the penal institutions of the Lviv region who did not have any profession.
In 2007, 1,919 convicts were covered by vocational training in educational institutions at the region’s penal institutions. As of 31 December 2007, 954 convicts had obtained a profession in vocational schools at the region’s institutions, and 965 people were continuing their studies.


In the photo: Presentation of a diploma.