Environmental law and the essence of separation of prisoners sentenced to imprisonment: structural analysis

The article examines existing approaches and different opinions of scholars-penitentiaries regarding the legal nature separation prisoners sentenced to imprisonment. analysis positions scholars in field criminal executive law, who investigated essence imprisonment various aspects, made it possible highlight following approaches: 1) principle institution execution punishment form imprisonment; 2) means ensuring regime; 3) condition for implementation differentiation; 4) special classification issue; 5) type classification; 6) intrageneric institution; 7) criminal-executive preventing crimes correctional institutions. authors come conclusion that convicts is an inter-sectoral (in a broad sense), also belongs category internal penal narrow sense). Arguing this point view, general constant features institutions their application subject research are considered. identify substantiate main tasks its functions, which external manifestation determine social purpose, functional connection with other phenomena. As result study nature, author’s definition separate maintenance those proposed, goals highlighted argued.