The draft law proposes to amend Article 93 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, by perfecting practical guarantees for the right to serve sentence in a facility closest to the convict's place of residence or place of residence of his / her relatives.
In particular, it is proposed to clarify the provision which entered into force in May 2014 and is contained in Section 1 of Article 93 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, in order to enable the convicted person to choose where to serve the sentence: in a facility of an appropriate level of security, which is the closest to his /her place of residence before conviction or to the place of residence of his /her relatives.
The draft law also envisages that in cases where exceptions permit, convicted persons should be held in the next facility of appropriate level of security closest to his /her place of residence before conviction, or at the will of convicted person, the place of permanent residence of his /her relatives.
The draft law also introduces amendments to the provision of Section 3 of Article 93, namely it proposes to limit the jurisdiction of a penitentiary body in matters of transfer of convicts to other facilities and to supplement Article with a new Section 2, which contains the above exceptions to the general rule of holding in a facility closest to the place of residence of a convicted person or his family members.
Respective draft law was registered under No. 2253a.