Russian Federation
UDK 343.833 Тюремные священники
On January 26, 2024, within the framework of the XXXII International Christmas Educational Readings «Orthodoxy and Domestic Culture: losses and gains of the past, the image of the future», the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation held a round table hearing on the topic «Participation of clergy in the work of public monitoring commissions (ONCS) on public control over ensuring human rights in places of forced detention». The trends of changes in the legal status of the clergy in the penal enforcement system of the Russian Federation are revealed. The main directions and forms of participation of the clergy in the realization of the right of persons under investigation and convicted to freedom of conscience and religion are considered. The report pays special attention to the analysis of the main problems in the implementation of this right in pre-trial detention facilities. Proposals have been made to improve legal regulation and law enforcement practice in the field of interaction between institutions and bodies of the penal enforcement system with traditional centralized religious organizations in Russia
Russian Orthodox Church, prison ministry, penal enforcement system, correction of convicts, re-socialization, social adaptation, penal enforcement legislation
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