The Regime as a primary means of correction for convicts: theory and practice

Abstract

The article discusses the specifics of a correctional tool, such as the regime, which is part of the system of correctional measures for prisoners and is intended by the legislator to contribute to the achievement of the declared goals of the criminal and penal enforcement legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is emphasized that the regime, being the main means of correcting convicts, is in fact not such, but has turned into a total means of controlling convicts and what is especially worth noting, taking into account the penetration of modern means of technical control into places of deprivation of liberty, provokes a contingent of criminal environment to resist this type of supervision from which you cannot escape, which leads to this type of violation of the established procedure for serving a sentence, such as damage to technical equipment (video cameras). The work makes an attempt to compare the regime with other means of correction in institutions of various security and as a result, the authors offer their proposals for inclusion in Kazakhstan’s criminal and prison legislation, along the way, an understanding of the role and place of the regime among other main means of correction of convicts and its purpose is proposed and voiced, and also proposals were formulated for criminal legislation in the form of a separate article draft.