Restoration, Strengthening and Development of Socially Useful Ties between Female Convicts and Their Families as a Direction of Penitentiary Probation
Latysheva L.A. Restoration, strengthening and development of socially useful ties between female convicts and their families as a direction of penitentiary probation. Penitentiary Science, 2026, vol. 20, no. 1 (73), pp. 40–45. doi 10.46741/2686-9764.2026.73.1.005.
female crime is one of the negative phenomena of reality, with recidivism being of particular concern. Thousands of convicts are released from correctional institutions annually; many of them once again embark on a criminal path. This state of affairs indicates the insufficiently effective work carried out both during the period of serving a sentence in a correctional institution and after release from it. One of the first steps in solving the urgent problem is the adoption of a federal law regulating the implementation of probation in our country. Probation is divided into executive, penitentiary and post-penitentiary. Social rehabilitation is one of the main directions of penitentiary probation. This article focuses on strengthening, developing and restoring socially useful ties between female convicts and their families as an important aspect of social rehabilitation of women sentenced to imprisonment. Purpose: to study the process of restoring, strengthening and developing socially useful ties of female convicts and their families as an integral component of social rehabilitation in the context of penitentiary probation, as well as to prepare proposals for improving current penal legislation in this area. Methods: formal legal, comparative legal, statistical methods, methods of legal modeling, survey. The results of the study confirm the need to strengthen socially useful contacts of female convicts and their families, especially children, as an important component of social rehabilitation, which is one of the priorities of penitentiary probation. The conclusions and suggestions formulated based on the results of the study can be used in scientific activities in the field of further improving the institution of probation in relation to women sentenced to imprisonment, as well as in law enforcement practice to boost effectiveness of resocialization of this category of persons. Conclusions: the author has developed proposals for strengthening social ties between female convicts and their families. Along with visits, possible leave of a correctional facility should be fixed in penal legislation. The suggestions and conclusions in the article are confirmed by data from the empirical study conducted at the correctional facility No. 5 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Tver Oblast.
Keywords: penitentiary probation; social rehabilitation; female convict; socially useful connections of convicts; leave of a correctional institution.
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