FSIN proposed to reduce the term of prisoners in exchange for education

We are talking about those prisoners who receive "an education, a scientific degree or a demanded working profession", RIA Novosti reports. Petrov pointed out that in recent years in the world community "there is a revision of the function and purpose of the penitentiary system". According to him, in Russia "there is also a strong opinion that places of serving sentences should fulfill, first of all, the function of re-education, improvement and eradication of ignorance among prisoners".

He cited the countries of Latin America as an example. Where there is a practice of reducing the term of imprisonment in exchange for reading books. There, each book read, which is included in the reeducation program, reduces the period of imprisonment by 1-2 days.

"Crime is always based on the lack of culture, upbringing and education In this regard, I ask you to evaluate the idea of introducing into the domestic penitentiary system the stimulating practice of reducing the sentence "in exchange" for receiving an education, a scientific degree or a demanded working specialty for prisoners", - pointed out the author of the letter and added that such an opportunity should be available "for prisoners serving time for committing not serious acts and for the first time stumbled".

Let us recall that earlier the Ministry of Justice proposed to drastically reduce the number of convicts in colonies - to 250-300 thousand people by moving them to correctional centers.