Summary:

The article formulates proposals for improving the legal regulation of coercion in the SCES of Ukraine. The need to amend the provisions of national legislation aimed at regulating “extreme” forms of coercion, such as the use of firearms in the penitentiary system, which will ensure full compliance with international human rights standards in the penitentiary system. In particular, it is necessary to make changes and additions: to Art. 106 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, which in order to comply with the provisions of Part 1, Clause 64 of the European Penitentiary Rules must be supplemented with provisions on the use of coercion only as a “extreme measure”, to item 7 h. 2 Art. 18 of the Law of Ukraine “On the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine”, which should be supplemented by similar provisions; to the Law of Ukraine “On the State Criminal and Executive Service of Ukraine”, which should be supplemented by a separate section designed to clearly regulate the grounds and procedure for the application of coercion to convicts and detainees, etc. The article also substantiates the need to improve the legal regulation of combating the circulation of prohibited items (things) in pre-trial detention centers and penitentiary institutions, made a proposal to amend the text of Part 2 of Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine in order to cover the transfer of cold steel to the penitentiary institution and pre-trial detention center, namely to supplement its text with the term “transfer” and to state it in the wording: “2. Carrying, handing over, making, repairing or selling daggers, ending with knives, brass knuckles or other cold steel weapons without a legal permit.” It is concluded that as a result of amendments to the legislation, one can expect not only an improvement in human rights in the national penitentiary system, but also a stabilization of the operational situation in penitentiary institutions and pre-trial detention centers, increasing the overall effectiveness of combating and preventing prison offenses.

Key words: сoercion, legal regulation of coercion, national penitentiary system, the rights of convicted and detained persons, circulation of prohibited items, criminal liability for the transfer of prohibited items, SCES.

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