The State Duma apparatus on Monday registered a federal bill to simplify the receipt of a prison reprieve by parents of minors.
"Not later than the 10th day after the convict's petition for a postponement, the administration of his correctional institution requests information from the executive authorities about his ownership or lease of living quarters for living with a child," says the amendment of the Khabarovsk Territory Duma to the Criminal Executive Code.
With this bill, the prison is obliged to request a survey in the guardianship, whether the social and living conditions of this housing are suitable for a criminal with his child until he reaches 14 years of age.
If the bill is adopted, the jailers will be obliged to request from medical institutions a certificate of pregnancy of the convict who announced the postponement.
“So far, these documents are being collected by the prisoners themselves, which disavows the humanity of the legislation, because they physically cannot do this,” says the explanatory note to the bill.
An extension from prison until the child reaches the age of 14 is imposed on pregnant women, as well as to mothers and fathers, if he is the only parent. A decision on this can be made by the court, except for cases when the convicted person is liable for sexual, grave and especially grave crimes.
