PENAL SYSTEM IN UKRAINE

Notes:

Transgressor- правопорушник

From the beginning of human history, society has a problem of crime and criminal. At first to keep a criminal in prison was not profitable. It was easier just to kill a transgressor. With development of industry crimes not only increased in number but became more various. Governments found economic advantages in convict labor. As the laws increased so did correctional labor institutions and penal system. Now in many countries including Ukraine the most severe form of punishment is life imprisonment.

In 1998 Penal Department was created in independent Ukraine.Ukrainian State Department Executing Penalties (USDEP) is a centralized state executive organ with a special status which realizes state policy as for executing criminal punishments. It subordinates territorial Organs of Executing Penalties and Inspection on criminal performance. Among Institutions Executing Penalties there are prisons, special bringing up institutions and institutions on criminal performance divided into: correctional labor institutions and correctional labor settling.

The main tasks of USDEP are:

-to realize sole state policy according to executing criminal punishments;

- to work out recommendations as for 1) arrested persons, 2) executing court decisions and 3) using correctional and bringing up means provided for by the law;

- to supervise executing court decisions on separate kinds of complementary punishments;

- to provide forced medical treatment of alcohol and drug addict;

- to provide the observance of laws by Organs and Institutions of Executing Penalties (OIEP), prevention crimes among convicts, disclosing and exposing crimes committed in OIEP, carrying out inquiries and operational search activity;

- to head OIEP: to organize working activity for convicts, to provide them with professional training and education;

- to protect rights and freedoms of an individual in conditions of serving criminal punishment.

II. DEVELOPMENT

1. Find in the text information about:

a) activity of the Prosecutor’s Office;

b) system of the Prosecutor’s Office;

C) crimes and punishments;

D) structure of the penal system.

Fill in the table with the information from the text, concerning

Tasks of the Prosecutor’s Office	Functions of the Prosecutor’s Office

3. State your opinion about Institutions of Executing Penalties in Ukraine. Do you agree with the statement that a convict must only feel lack of freedom? Does this statement work for our society and our mentality?

4. Compare the Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine and Penal System of Ukraine as for their tasks, functions, structure and others.

	Tasks	Functions	Structure	Other information
The Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine
Penal System of Ukraine

Insert one of the following words into the text in an appropriate form.

 

Prosecutor.

To examine, to inspect, to supervise indictment, supervision, court, direction, prosecution, speech, fixed

Prosecutor’s job is complicated and has different …. First of all he … comprehensive, impartial and full investigation of cases. He also approves the ….

In court he presents public …. His rights in the trial are the following: to submit and … evidence, to question witnesses, to challenge the members of the …. At the end of court hearing he pronounces his … for the prosecution where he explains applicable criminal law and … punishment.

One more duty of the prosecutor is … over the observance of laws by penal system. For this purpose he … places of confinement, questions convicts, checks living and working conditions and so on.

 

Look through the list of functions performed by the Ukrainian prosecutor. Put them in order they are performed. Translate these word combinations into Ukrainian.

1) to pronounce speech for the prosecution;

2) to question the defendant;

3) to interview witnesses;

4) to study the documents to the case;

5) to submit evidence;

6) to examine evidence accumulated by an investigator;

7) to appeal against a court decision in a higher court.

 

Using the list above tell about the prosecutor’s responsibilities.