On the improvement of Article 74 of the Penal Code of the Russian Federation

The article raises the issue of the shortcomings of Article 74 of the Penal Code of the Russian Federation, which fixes the types of correctional facilities and the category of convicts serving their sentences in them. The analysis of this article is made and takes into account the provisions of the criminal law, it is pointed out the need to improve it and bring it in line with the norms of criminal and penal legislation.

Keywords: deprivation of liberty; types of correctional facilities; classification of convicts; first convicts; change in the type of correctional institution; differentiation of execution of punishment.