Comments on the draft Law in Nghe An: Ensuring the rights and obligations of people serving prison sentences

Attending the conference were representatives of the Provincial Party Committee Office, Provincial People's Council, Provincial People's Committee; representatives of provincial departments, branches and sectors. Photo: Dang Nguyen

At the conference, delegates said that this is a very important draft law to ensure the implementation of the Constitution, basic rights and obligations of citizens, overcome the limitations and shortcomings of current laws and in the practice of organizing the implementation of criminal judgments and ensuring the uniformity of legal documents passed by the National Assembly including the Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and other laws on justice.

Representative of the Provincial Police Detention Center speaks. Photo: Dang Nguyen

Many delegates said that according to Joint Circular No. 04, Detention Centers under the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of National Defense, Detention Centers of Provincial Police, and Military Regions all have the authority to issue certificates of conditional early release from prison. However, according to Clause 4, Article 18 of the draft, only Detention Centers under the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Defense have this authority.

Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the conditional early release certificate for prisoners. Issue a certificate of completion of prison sentence for prisoners serving their sentences at detention camps under the Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of National Defense...

In addition, delegates focused on discussing a number of issues on conditional early release from prison; the time to consider shortening the probation period; cases where prisoners have been recommended for conditional early release from prison but violate the law before the court's decision to release them; on the execution of suspended sentences; contents to ensure the rights of prisoners and those sentenced to death, on the labor of prisoners serving prison sentences, on the health insurance regime for prisoners, health assessment for those whose sentences are postponed or temporarily suspended to continue serving their sentences, on the time limit for considering and resolving requests for sentence reduction of those sentenced to death.

People whose sentences were reduced complete procedures before returning home at the Nghe An Provincial Police Detention Center. Photo courtesy

Regarding the execution of non-custodial reform sentences; execution of suspended sentences, it is necessary to specifically regulate the organization of execution of suspended sentences by the agency or organization where the person enjoying a suspended sentence works; the obligations of the person enjoying a suspended sentence...

Concluding the conference, comrade Tran Van Mao acknowledged and summarized all opinions to submit to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration at the upcoming session; at the same time, he requested delegates to continue to pay attention to research and make contributions to the draft Law.