Problems of rehabilitation of drug addicts deprived of liberty and serving it in medical correctional institutions (by an example of medical-correctional institution № 37 of the general administration of the federal penitentiary service of Russia in the Krasnoyarsk territory)

The article considers some issues of functioning of medical correctional institutions as well as drug addicts treatment. The is-sues of their role in the system of government and non-government institutions carrying out drug-addicts treatment and rehabilitation are highlighted. The problem of establishing and functioning of the medical commission in the medical correctional institution is presented. The authors draw the conclusion that rehabilitation centers for drug addicts in the executive penal system should be considered primarily as medical institutions and only then as penitentiary ones.