SPANISH PRISON REGIME

Abstract

The article analyzes penal enforcement legislation by example of Spanish prison regime. The content and distinctive features of the open (minimum restrictions), ordinary (standard restrictions) and closed (maximum restrictions) types of regimes are comprehensively described on the basis of the analysis, systematization, statistical, and comparative legal methods. All types of regimes can be established in one prison. There are also separate institutions for closed and open regimes. The type of detention regime depends on a classification group of a convicted person. The study revealed that even the maximum closed regime, by some characteristics, is more liberal compared with the mildest conditions of serving a criminal sentence in Russia. The experience of Spanish prison system should be taken into consideration while constructing a modern form of penal system in Russia.