Interaction of Probation Subjects and Other Organizations in the System of Educational Work with Convicts Serving Sentences in the Form of Forced Labor (Case Study of the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation)
Polyakova Ya.N., Kashkina E.V. Interaction of probation subjects and other organizations in the system of educational work with convicts serving sentences in the form of forced labor (case study of the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation). Penitentiary Science, 2025, vol. 19, no. 2 (70), pp. 218–228. doi 10.46741/2686-9764.2025.70.2.012.
The article considers key indicators of educational work with convicted persons sentenced to punishment in the form of forced labor within the framework of implementation of the Federal Law of February 6, 2023 No 10-FZ “On Probation in the Russian Federation” conducted by territorial bodies of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation. The mentioned results are presented as the main conditions for organizing and implementing interaction between probation subjects and other organizations in the system of educational work with convicts sentenced to punishment in the form of forced labor. Purpose: to substantiate the specifics of educational work with those sentenced to forced labor conducted by subjects of probation and their interaction with other probation subjects. Methods: analysis of empirical material, generalization of results, survey, questionnaire survey, analysis of normative legal acts and results of activity, study and generalization of the results of practical activity of employees of correctional centers of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. Results: the most effective, in the respondents’ opinion, directions of educational work with convicts sentenced to forced labor are identified both in the federal district as a whole and in individual subjects of its constituent entities. Priority activities in the format of individual, group and mass educational work are determined. The interaction between the subjects and other bodies and organizations interested in the implementation of probation is assessed on the basis of agreements concluded with territorial bodies of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation. The obtained data are compared with the general indicator for all territorial bodies of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia to identify the specifics of probation application in the federal district under study. Conclusion: it is concluded that the interaction of probation subjects and other organizations is one of the main components in the system of educational work with convicts sentenced to punishment in the form of forced labor. This interaction is presented as a pedagogical technology in the probation system.
Keywords: probation; penitentiary probation; probation subjects; educational work; convicts; forced labor; interaction; territorial bodies of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia.
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