[3] The agency was dissolved on 14 July 2018 as part of the cabinet structural reforms and merged with the Ministry of Justice.

The Ministry provides the implementation of its functions through the structural subdivisions and legal entities working under its remit.

The priorities of the Ministry are: maximal approximation to European standards; providing decent conditions of serving the sentence; protection human rights; provision of rehabilitation/re-socialization of convicts through individual approach and promoting their reintegration in the society.

Many innovations have been implemented in the penitentiary system with the initiative of the Ministry; the infrastructure of the correctional facilities is being improved, as a result of which, serving sentence is provided in decent conditions according to the western standards.

The Ministry of Corrections and Probation is still proceeding the establishment of innovations and implementation of new projects in order to fulfil the duties and, in this process, puts great importance to sharing the experiences of partner organizations and friend countries.