The Ministry of Justice plans to expand the list of types of punishment alternative to imprisonment. The implementation of this plan should reduce the number of people in places of captivity and expand the variability of correcting criminals without completely isolating them from society.. The relevant bill has already been approved by the government, the Cabinet of Ministers should also submit it to the Rada, the press service of the Ministry of Justice reports..

The clarification refers primarily to probation supervision, which provides for serving a sentence without isolation:.

“Punishment in the form of restriction of freedom is replaced by a new type of punishment in the form of probation supervision. After all, an analysis of the practice of applying restrictions on freedom indicates its inefficiency and the need to revise. Probationary supervision consists in restricting the rights and freedoms of the convict, aimed at correcting him and preventing the commission of new offenses, without isolating him from society, ”lawyers explain the advantages of the new type of punishment..

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As is known from the practice of implementing probation in other countries, the court can also oblige the convicted person to wear an electronic bracelet and live at the address specified in the court decision.

Courts in Ukraine often apply a measure of restraint in the form of detention, so Ukrainian pre-trial detention centers (pre-trial detention centers) are overcrowded. A new type of punishment could solve this problem.

Recall that earlier we dealt with the difficulties that arise in the process of selecting candidates for the High Council of Justice.