Gorban, D.V. Institution of housing of convicts outside of the correctional institutions and the topical problems of its reforms

Abstract: The article includes complex analysis of the institution of housing the convicts outside the correctional institutions; the author shows the existing problems and offers the ways for the reforms of this institution. The author views various positions of the legal scholars, who specialize in penitentiary law, on the institution of housing of convicts outside the penitentiary institutions. The author also provides comparative analysis of this institution and the related institutions in the criminal penal law, such as benefits and changes of conditions of serving a sentence. The author then provides the grounds for the recognition of independence of this institution; he provides the definition of this institution, and he proposes to include a new article into the Criminal Penal Code of the Russian Federation. He discusses the topicality of this institution, as well as the need for its transformation within the framework of the modern penitentiary legislation. The author supports the position that the institution of housing of convicts outside penitentiary institution strongly stimulates the convicts towards correction and facilitates their social adaptation to the law-abiding life.

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