Participation of convicts in videoconferences with courts: legal and organizational problems

The object of the present study is the penitentiary legal relations associated with the participation of convicts in videoconferencing with the courts. A study is made of the practice of implementation in the activities of correctional institutions of measures related to the participation of convicts in video conferencing with the courts. An analysis is made of the provisions of regulatory legal acts regulating the withdrawal, escort and supervision of convicts participating in videoconferencing with the courts. A survey is conducted among employees of correctional institutions, whose activities are related to the organization of the participation of convicts in videoconferencing with the courts. Legal and organizational shortcomings associated with the withdrawal, escort and supervision of convicts participating in video conferencing are identified, and ways to eliminate them are proposed. The methodological basis of the study is a questionnaire survey, which involves receiving written answers to the questions formulated in the questionnaire from employees of correctional institutions of the Siberian Federal District in order to obtain real data on activities related to organizing the participation of convicts in videoconferencing with courts. This method made it possible to identify organizational problems associated with the withdrawal, support, organization and supervision of the convict during their participation in videoconferencing with the courts. As a result of the study, an algorithm is proposed for withdrawing, accompanying and supervising convicts participating in video conferencing.