Abstract
Introduction. The defining role for the penal enforcement legislation of the Russian Federation is played by the principles that make it possible to establish the vector of the main directions of penitentiary policy and to subordinate the social relations arising in this area to uniform principles. Despite its high doctrinal and practical significance, the system of principles established in Article 8 of the Criminal Punishment Code of the Russian Federation, does not agree with modern legislative innovations and trends in the practice of execution of criminal penalties. The above dictates the need to revise and optimize the principles which are specific to this field.
 Methods. The article is based on a set of general scientific and private scientific research methods, among which the most widely used dialectical, logical, statistical, comparative legal formal legal methods.
 Results. Based on the study of modern trends in the development of legislation and practice of the execution of criminal penalties, the author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to supplement the list of principles of penal enforcement legislation with the principle of resocialization.
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