Classification and distribution of convicted people in a progressive system of execution of the sentence

Abstract

As it is known, in the theory of criminal enforcement law, the classification of convicts to criminal sentences deprived of liberty is taken into account at three levels. The first level is the primary legal classification, the purpose of which is to differentiate the punishment for the offender according to the nature and degree of danger of the crime he/she committed. The second level is the secondary criminal execution classification of convicts, which involves differentiating the execution of the sentence and correcting convicts, excluding the negative influence of some convicts on others. The third level of classification of convicts involves the study of their personality, based on psycho-pedagogical, forensic, social and other criteria. This article has analyzed the main tools for classifying and distributing convicts in a progressive sentence system. Thus, the doctrinal opinions regarding the efficiency of the classification process were studied, as well as the ways of classifying the convicts in the criminal enforcement law. Likewise, the additional criteria for classifying convicts applied by prison staff were examined, in addition to those expressly regulated by the Enforcement Code. Finally, recommendations were made in the context of improving the instruments for classifying and distributing convicts, as well as proposals to amend the regulatory framework in this regard.