The Committee of the Federation Council is preparing a draft law on the work of prisoners outside prisons
Member of the Federation Council Committee on budget and financial markets Dmitry Shatohin has told about the development of the bill, according to which prisoners would be allowed to go to work in cities and towns located close to prisons and penal colonies. The document will be submitted to the state Duma before the end of the fall session, according to “Parlamentskaya Gazeta”.
As emphasized by the publication, only in Russia do not work more than half of the prisoners, and the level of their remuneration does not allow to be released with enough funds to pay child support or court costs.
“Our idea is to apply the work on existing commercial enterprises. But doing this prevents conflict of laws — required amendments to the Penal code that would allow prisoners to work in industries outside of the criminal-correctional institutions and outside of their municipalities,” — said the Senator.
According to him, in the Komi Republic, which he represents in the Federation Council, is already the practice of employment of prisoners in commercial enterprises. He is confident that the expansion of job opportunities will contribute to reducing the number of relapses and to increase the number of persons who are under parole. “Now we will complete the work on the preparation of the project and will coordinate with colleagues from the Ministry of justice,” — said Dmitry Shatohin.