Business programme
30.06.2022
16:30–18:00

Community Service: Points of View from Society, Business, and Government

Congress Centre, conference hall B2
Law, Business, and Sanctions
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On 29 April 2021 the Russian government issued order 1138-r, which gave official approval to a concept outlining the development of the penal system to the year 2030. One area of focus is the development of a network of correctional centres for those serving sentences which do not involve isolation from society. This will be done by using the property of the penal system, regional governments, and organizations. There are a number of reasons why taking such a step is necessary. When convicts suffer from a rupture in social ties, the lack of proper employment opportunities, and the influence of criminal subcultures at prisons, the recidivism rate increases. Currently it is at 44%. In addition, imprisoning convicts is more expensive to the state than keeping them at correctional centres. These centres need to have a total capacity of up to 100,000. While 182,000 convicts currently have the option of applying for imprisonment to be replaced with community service, this will only be granted to those who have shown improvement and are on the path to rehabilitation. This target is expected to be met in 2024. Convicts at correctional centres will benefit from full employment and the chance to rebuild social ties. This initiative, together with social adaptation, rehabilitation and resocialization efforts after release, will lead to a reduction in recidivism.

Moderator

Eduard Petrov
Deputy Director, Head of Legal Programs Production Service, Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (RTR)

Panellists

Georgy Volkov
Chairman of Moscow Public Monitoring Commission
Vsevolod Vukolov
Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation
Alexander Efremov
Managing Director, Dobroflot Group of Companies
Aleksandr Matveenko
Acting Deputy Director, The Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN)
Eva Merkacheva
Member, Moscow Public Monitoring Commission
Tatyana Mineeva
Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Protection in Moscow
Tatiana Moskalkova
High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation
Rustam Nigmatullin
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan
Andrey Nikitin
Governor of Novgorod Region
Aleksey Sitnikov
Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation for the Protection of Competition
Alexander Kholodov

Front row participants

Elena Korobkova
Head of the Directorate Organizing the Execution of Non-Custodial Sentencing, The Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN)
Oleg Lazarenko
Head of the International Department for Ensuring Cooperation with the CIS Countries, International Cooperation and Protocol Events of Case Management, Federal Penitentiary Service
Alexei Sysoev
General Director, Vostokcement LLC
Ivan Chekmarev
Minister of Industry and Trade of the Novgorod Region
Dmitry Sharovatov
Deputy Head of the Department of Affairs, Federal Penitentiary Service

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