Penal Characteristics of Particularly Dangerous Recidivists (Work Experience, Financial Situation)
Seliverstov V.I., Grushin F.V. Penal characteristics of particularly dangerous recidivists (work experience, financial situation). Penitentiary Science, 2025, vol. 19, no. 3 (71), pp. 240–251. doi 10.46741/26869764.2025.71.3.002
: the article analyzes penal characteristics of particularly dangerous recidivists (based on materials of the special census of convicts and persons in custody, December 2022) who are held in special regime correctional facilities. The data characterizing certain features of the execution of imprisonment, the ability to work and the material situation of convicts are disclosed. The analysis of data on the distribution of convicts is given depending on job security; forms of involvement in paid work; industry affiliation of production; working conditions; wages credited to their personal accounts after all deductions; pensions credited to their personal accounts after all deductions; amounts of money spent on the purchase of food and basic necessities; repayment of claims for damages caused by a crime; alimony payments; availability of money in the personal account of convicts. Purpose: to provide a detailed analysis of penal characteristics of convicts held in special regime correctional facilities. Methods: comparative law, empirical methods of description, interpretation, theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic, legal-dogmatic and method of interpretation of legal norms. Results: the revealed data characterize the specifics of labor activity (ability to work, job security, forms of involvement in paid work, industry affiliation, working conditions) and the financial situation (transfer of wages and pensions, the amount of money spent on the purchase of food and basic necessities, repayment of claims for damage caused by a crime, payment of alimony, the availability of money in a personal account) of convicts held in special regime correctional facilities. Conclusion: The proportion of able-bodied convicts held in specialregime correctional facilities has decreased by 5.4%. The job security situation for convicts is gradually improving. The share of the unemployed has declined 2.7 times. The proportion of people who regularly repay claims has become 2.7 times higher than the proportion of people who do not repay claims. The number of convicts working at enterprises located in the Far North and equivalent areas has gone down, and accordingly, the number of convicts working under normal working conditions has gone up by 33.9%. A clear positive trend can be seen in the rise in the proportion of convicts who receive wages on their personal account, as well as in the availability of funds in their personal accounts. However, almost a third of the convicts have no money in their personal accounts.
Keywords: census of convicts; those sentenced to imprisonment; special regime correctional facilities; penal characteristics; labor of convicts; financial situation of convicts.
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