Criminal punishment in the form of correctional labor: a brief analysis of the content

Criminal punishment in the form of correctional labor, being one of punishment types not related to deprivation of liberty is considered in the article. It is fairly often used in court practice: in the last decade it is annually imposed on about 50 thousand people. The system of restrictions and deprivations of this punishment type is based on restrictions concerning the employment sphere and concomitant financial and property restrictions and deprivations provided for by the legislator as well as moral and psychological impact on the convict.The procedure of this punishment type is supported by the fairly welldeveloped means in the form of the obligation to work for the specified period of time at the place of serving the sentence, as well as legally regulated responsibility for failure to satisfy this requirement. Despite its seeming insignificance, consisting, in fact, of only one obligation, this type of punishment is very substantial for an average person due to the person’s employment and the possibility of replacing this punishment type by a harsher one in case of failure to comply with the mentioned obligation.At the same time, this type of punishment has significant shortcomings in terms of its effectiveness in law enforcement, which indicates flaws in the mechanism for its implementation.