Organization of penal inspectorate activities
Some scientists and practitioners connect reforms of penal inspectorates with the creation of the probation service in Russia, which would serve both pre-trial (giving the court necessary information about the defendant and assisting the court in making the optimal decision on the case) and post-trial functions (execution of sentences and other measures that do not involve restraint, control over prisoners, support and assistance to convicts serving sentences related and not related to deprivation of liberty, as well as to their families, support and assistance to victims of crimes). However, there is no unanimous opinion about the legal status of the service at present. Some researchers propose to create this service on the basis of the already existing penal inspectorates of the Federal Penitentiary Service, others consider it expedient to establish the Federal Probation Service in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. The author comes to a conclusion that the core of the reform of penitentiary inspectorates at present must be not only organizational, but also the functional aspect of their activity. The solution to this problem may be implemented in phases and accompanied by appropriate organizational changes in the structure of penal inspectorates. First of all, there is a need to increase the number of full-time penal inspectorate staff. The author proposes a method of calculating the regular number of inspectors and senior inspectors of penal inspectorates, as well as changes in the regulatory legal acts concerning the interaction with the internal affairs bodies of the Federal Migration Service, and the public.