FORCED LABOR AS ALTERNATIVE TO IMPRISONMENT: ALL PROS AND CONS

In connection with the humanization of the penal system as the priority of the Russian criminal policy, a number of amendments were introduced in the current criminal legislation for several years that indicate the expansion of the scope of application of punishments which are not connected with isolation of the convict from society. The article describes the characteristics of forced labor from the perspective of criminal and criminal-executive legislation, identifies the problems caused with their implementation.