Features of penitentiary prevention in relation to the elderly

The relevance of the stated topic is due to the recently increasing (2017-2021) proportion of persons convicted at retirement age and the number of convicts over 60 years old serving sentences in places of deprivation of liberty. In this connection, the problem of penitentiary prevention is being actualized, carried out against elderly people in order to deter them from committing new crimes. The analysis of the features of penitentiary prevention in relation to the elderly is carried out. The main means of correction of elderly convicts have been identified. It is noted that treatment should be recognized as one of the main means of correction of elderly convicts, and the means of correction designated by the legislator in art. 9 The PEC of the Russian Federation should be mediated to elderly convicts, which will stimulate the law-abiding behavior of such convicts, without damage to their physical and psychological health, and will be one of the directions for optimizing their penitentiary prevention and individual impact. The results of the study can be applied by the legislator in improving the penal enforcement legislation of the Russian Federation in this part, by law enforcement officers - in the execution of a sentence of imprisonment against elderly persons and the implementation of penitentiary prevention against them, by scientists - in further studying the features and problems of penitentiary prevention against elderly persons. As a conclusion, it is noted that there is a need to develop the basic provisions of penitentiary prevention in relation to the elderly, which is due to their special characteristics of a physical and psychological nature, as well as due to the tendency of the growth of crimes committed by these citizens