The proposed book outlines the major issues of modern Russian penitentiary law and implies a great contribution to Russian legal science, because it represents the first book on Russian Penitentiary law, written in English. The need for the publication of this book derives from the interests of educational process, and highlights the need to elevate the Russian penal execution legislation to global scale, and consequently, to attract the world community's attention to the high degree of perfection of Russian legislation and Russian legal science.
