Prevention of juvenile delinquency

Systematic work is being carried out in the Vitebsk region to protect children's rights. Measures to prevent juvenile delinquency are of great importance in this regard.

The prosecutor's offices of the region conducted an inspection of the enforcement of legislation on crime prevention in colleges and lyceums, the crimes of whose students have increased the level of juvenile delinquency in the region since the beginning of the year. Violations were revealed concerning the formal work of the councils for the prevention of neglect and offenses of these institutions. In a number of colleges and lyceums, council meetings were held on days when their members were actually on vacation, on business trips, or absent from work during periods of temporary incapacity due to illness. Educational institutions did not always properly interact with the internal affairs bodies and juvenile commissions regarding students who committed unlawful acts, as a result of which individual work at the place of study with them was not organized at all or was organized untimely. Shortcomings also occurred in working with students in a socially dangerous situation, and a number of other violations.

Prosecutors submitted relevant submissions to the heads of 10 colleges and lyceums, and the regional prosecutor's office also submitted a submission to the Main Department for Education of the regional executive committee on April 23, 2020. Based on the results, organizational and practical measures were taken to eliminate the violations, and 31 officials, including the heads of institutions, were brought to disciplinary responsibility.

For 5 months of 2020, juvenile delinquency decreased from 63 to 59 crimes (by 6.3%), its share was 2.5% (in the republic - 2.6%). The number of children who committed socially dangerous acts before the age of criminal responsibility also decreased - 20 (22).

The prosecutor's offices of the region will continue to work to protect children's rights.

Senior Assistant Prosecutor of the Region
Anton Volkov