UWAGI DO PROJEKTU NOWELIZACJI KODEKSU KARNEGO WYKONAWCZEGO Z 29 PAŹDZIERNIKA 2021 R.

Abstrakt

The authors refer to several aspects of the most recent proposal to amend the Executive Penal Code, published by the Ministry of Justice in autumn 2021 and widely consulted as part of the legislative process. The draft is a voluminous document, 52 pages long, and covers a wide range of issues with varying degree of detail. The article is not intended to offer a comprehensive analysis of the whole project – we confine ourselves to a few threads that, in our opinion, are the most important, as well as require commentary due to their possible consequences for the system of penal executive law and the protection of the rights of persons deprived of their liberty. These are the issues related to the implementation of sentences in the electronic monitoring system, the problem of complaints and judicial control in enforcement proceedings, the institution of “preventive measures” in penitentiary institutions, principles of transferring offenders sentenced to life imprisonment to semi-open and open institutions, authorization of the Minister of Justice to issue a regulation on determining the surface area of living cells, modification of the content of Art. 117 of the Penal Code as a consequence of the decision of the Constitutional Tribunal concerning the treatment and rehabilitation of convicted addicts and the principles of functioning of psychiatric institutions with reinforced and maximum security.