Juvenile offenders suffering from socially significant diseases: problems of executing the imprisonment and their social rehabilitation

The study reveals the peculiarities of executing the imprisonment of juvenile offenders suffering from socially significant diseases and their social rehabilitation in terms of reforming the penal system of the Russian Federation. The author analyzes the statistical data of the Federal Penal Service on the disease rate of this category of convicted persons and notes the objective reasons for the high rate of socially significant diseases in juvenile correctional facilities. It is concluded that the correction along with the treatment of juvenile offenders suffering from socially significant diseases requires a targeted and effective control over the key factors causing and sustaining these diseases in such detention facilities. In addition, one should provide the above-mentioned convicts with the basic medical care after their release from prison.