About a new concept for the development of the penal system
The article, based on data from the Council of Europe report on criminal statistics for 2020, presents an analysis of the state of the penitentiary systems and new trends in the penitentiary practice in Russia and European countries. The problematic issues of the functioning of the criminalexecutive system of Russia, prospects for its reform. An assessment is given of the innovations contained in the recently published Concept for the development of the penal system of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030, and they are compared with the main provisions of a similar Concept of 2010.