343.825
Currently, one of the key places among the means of correcting convicts is occupied by educational work carried out with them. For a long time (since the 20s of the last century), one of the forms of educational work carried out in correctional institutions remained the involvement of convicts serving imprisonment in the work of various amateur organizations in which, under the supervision of the administration of the correctional institution, a variety of issues were discussed and resolved: from conducting physical education and sports events before maintaining discipline in the institution. In the article, taking into account the analysis of the development of penal enforcement legislation for the period from 2009 to 2023, the activities of public formations of convicts serving criminal sentences in the form of imprisonment (primarily amateur organizations) were considered. The purpose of the article was to analyze the causes and conditions that led to the abolition of the institution of amateur organizations of convicts, as well as to justify the need for its revival.
convicts, imprisonment, amateur organizations of convicts
1. Lapshin, V. F. 2018, ‘The true purpose of criminal punishment and criteria of its attainability’, Journal of Russian Law, iss. 5(257), pp. 75–85.
2. Kalinkin, S. V. 2004, Amateur organizations of convicts in correctional institutions: penal problems and prospects: PhD thesis (Law), Yekaterinburg.
3. Ufimtseva, N. F. 2010, Amateur organizations of penitentiary institutions as a form of socio-pedagogical rehabilitation of convicts: PhD thesis (Pedagogical Sciences), Yekaterinburg.
4. Kuzmin, S. S. & Chukanova, E. S. 2020, ‘Do convicts need amateur organizations? We invite you to a discussion’, Criminal Justice, iss. 15, pp. 72–76.
5. Kashuba, Yu. A. 2021, ‘Norms of criminal and penal enforcement legislation that have become invalid: the search for their new regulatory opportunities’, Man: crime and punishment, vol. 29(1-4), iss. 1, pp. 27–31.
6. Metlin, D. G. 2018, ‘Amateur organizations of convicts in correctional institutions of the penitentiary system: historical and organizational analysis’, Bulletin of the East Siberian Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, iss. 1(84), pp. 163–171.
