Author

Belik V.N.

Title of article

TRENDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES AND LEGISLATION IN ENSURING THE LEGAL PROTECTION OF THE PERSONS SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT

Section

Section 6. Penitentiary system

Issue, year

1 (43) 2018

Abstract

The analysis of the materials of law enforcement activities and legislation in the penitentiary sphere allows the author to conclude that the negative trends in the issue under study negatively affect the process of ensuring the legal protection for the persons sentenced to deprivation of liberty. The current certain positive trends are aimed at eliminating the obvious and long existing gaps in law enforcement activities. The decisions of the courts of general jurisdiction in specific cases, the practice of the constitutional court of the Russian Federation, as well as the novel legislation affecting the situation of prisoners and their legal protection, are analyzed in the article. The author pays attention to some theoretical aspects of the considered issues, including the question of the significance of the judicial precedent. The solution of the considered problems is possible in case of taking a set of measures, which include: improving the legal and regulatory framework, aimed at optimizing the legal procedures, overcoming the bureaucracy, humanization of norms and increasing the responsibility. Special attention should be paid to the further strengthening of the status of an advocate. The measures aimed at increasing the legal culture and literacy of not only convicts, but also the officers of the penitentiary system, are necessary. It is also important to specify the status of the judicial precedent, which finally determines the state of legality and legal protection of a perso

Keywords

law enforcement activity; legislation; judicial practice; legal protection; persons sentenced to imprisonment; penitentiary sphere; advocacy.

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