Belarus introduces standards for providing children in the homes of mothers and children of correctional institutions
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has established standards for the provision of children in the homes of mothers and children of correctional institutions. ...
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has established standards for the provision of children in the homes of mothers and children of correctional institutions. This is stipulated by the departmental resolution No. 171 of June 26, 2026, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports with reference to the National Legal Internet Portal.
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The document establishes norms for providing children in the homes of mothers and children of correctional institutions with food, personal hygiene products and basic necessities, clothing, shoes and soft equipment.
These standards provide for children detained in the homes of mothers and children of correctional institutions, including those living together with the convicted mother; children of women in remand centres and prisons. In cases of their moving together with a parent, transferring them to a family of relatives or to institutions providing conditions for children to live, they are provided free of charge with a full set of underwear, clothes and shoes for the season; up to one and a half years - a dummy, two bottles for baby food with a cap, two nipples for feeding, diapers (including for children one and a half to four years).
The legal act declared invalid the decree of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of June 30, 2021 No. 178 “On the establishment of standards of security”.
The decree comes into force after official publication.
