WAYS OF IMPROVEMENT OF CRIMINAL AND CRIMINAL-PROCEDURAL LEGISLATION
In the article the author touches upon a number of topical issues of criminal procedure legislation in Russia. The analysis of statistical data on the crime situation in correctional institutions shows a tendency to increase the number of crimes committed by convicts. Thus investigation of crimes in the conditions of correctional facility has the essential features defining both the course of all preliminary investigation, and production of separate investigative actions. The issues of investigation in correctional facilities, as well as the problems of ensuring the rights of convicted prisoners serving sentences in correctional facilities, are not only of scientific but also of practical interest. It is noted that in the context of the reform of the criminal Executive system, requires a detailed scientific and practical processing of tactical and organizational bases of investigation in correctional institutions in order to improve the quality of investigation of penitentiary crimes. The criminal procedure law itself, indicating the right to appeal against the actions (inactions) of power entities, still does not explain what kind of constitutional rights and freedoms of participants in criminal proceedings and to what extent may be violated as a result of procedural actions. The use of the abbreviated inquiry also allows you to ensure the investigation in the shortest time the main part of the minor offenses provided for their selection by the legislator in “criminal misconduct”.