Brain ring in the Chernihiv women’s colony

On 28 June 2008, the final stage of the intellectual game “Constitution of Ukraine – the basic law of the Ukrainian state”, dedicated to Constitution Day of Ukraine, took place at the Chernihiv correctional colony No. 44.
For more than a month, colony staff, school teachers, and the female convicts prepared for the event: they studied the Constitution of Ukraine and the national anthem, prepared amateur performances, designed emblems, and sewed costumes.
Three teams of female convicts, who reached the final, competed in their knowledge of the foundations of the legal status of individuals and citizens in Ukraine, the constitutional system of government bodies, the constitutional and legal status of the Verkhovna Rada, executive bodies, the President of Ukraine, and the territorial structure of Ukraine. Particular attention was paid to identifying the convicts’ knowledge regarding the fundamental rights, freedoms, and duties of individuals and citizens and their guarantees by the state.
The jury members were officials from the State Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Sentences in the Chernihiv region, the correctional colony, and representatives of the charitable organisation “Chernihiv Women’s Human Rights Centre”.
The management of the colony and the charitable organisation “Chernihiv Women’s Human Rights Centre” prepared prizes for the winners of the brain ring. After the prizes were awarded, all participants in this interesting meeting took photos as a souvenir, and the convicts performed a prepared concert programme.