The Penal Code provides for a penalty of 25 years imprisonment and a life imprisonment.

If the Act provides for a lowering of the upper limit of the statutory threat, the penalty imposed for an offense punishable by life imprisonment may not exceed 25 years imprisonment, and for an offense punishable by 25 years imprisonment, may not exceed 15 years imprisonment.

Sentenced to life imprisonment or 25 years imprisonment is detained in a closed type prison. Sentenced to life imprisonment can be transferred to a semi-open prison after serving at least 15 years, and to an open prison - after serving at least 20 years. Sentenced to life imprisonment while serving a sentence in a closed type prison may only work in the prison.

The director of a prison cannot allow a convicted person to life imprisonment to participate in consultations and take exams outside the prison.

A convict serving a life imprisonment, the following rewards may only be awarded after serving at least 15 years of imprisonment:

1. a. permission to visit without supervision, outside the prison, with the nearest or trustworthy person, for a period not exceeding 30 hours at a time,
2. b. permission to leave the prison without supervision for a period not exceeding 14 days at a time,

Granting these awards to a convict serving a 25-year prison sentence or a life imprisonment in a closed prison requires the consent of a penitentiary judge.

[legal status: April 2020]