In which cases should educational measures at reform schools be applied?
(Baonghean.vn) - Ms. Nguyen Thi Quynh, residing in Dien Chau district, asked: In which cases is the educational measure at a reform school applied? How long is the educational period at a reform school?
Reply:
A reformatory school is a special educational institution established by the State to educate and reform people under 18 years of age who commit crimes or other violations of the law.
This is the only judicial measure prescribed by law to be applied to people under 18 who commit crimes if it is deemed necessary to severely educate them and isolate them from society for education.
Article 96 of the 2015 Penal Code, amended and supplemented in 2017, stipulates education at reformatory schools as follows:
1. The court may apply educational measures at a reformatory school for 01 to 02 years for a person under 18 years of age who commits a crime, if it is deemed that due to the seriousness of the crime, the person's personality and living environment, it is necessary to send that person to an educational organization with strict discipline.
2. People educated at reformatory schools must fully comply with their obligations regarding study, vocational training, work, and living under the management and education of the school.
Clause 1, Article 430 of the 2015 Criminal Procedure Code also stipulates: "When it is deemed unnecessary to apply a penalty, the Trial Panel shall decide in the judgment to apply educational measures at a reformatory school for a person under 18 years of age who commits a crime."
In addition, according to Article 97 of the 2015 Penal Code: “If a person being educated at a reformatory school has served half of the term and has made much progress, then upon the request of the reformatory school assigned to manage and educate, the Court may decide to terminate the term of education at the reformatory school.”
