The State of Law in the Application of Preventive Measures in the Form of Detention

Based on the analysis of statistical indicators of Prosecutor's office work on supervision on implementation of laws by administrations of detentions, the main problems prevailing in detention centers and related with application of a preventive measure as a pre-trial detention against suspects and accused of committing crimes are given in the article. The analysis of the activity of the European court of human rights on consideration of Russian citizens claims about violations of the Federal law of 15.07.1995 No. 103-FZ "About incarceration of suspects and accused of committing crimes" is carried out, as well as measures taken by the Russian Federation to eliminate them. The causes of overcrowding in remand centers occurred in Moscow, Moscow region and a number of other regions are analyzed. The author made suggestions to improve current legislation. The article contains recommendations to prosecutors supervising the implementation of laws by administrations of pre-trial detention facilities, as well as the preliminary investigation of criminal cases.