Penitentiary system

US prison prepares a reply to Russian pilot’s health request

12:00 19/02/2014 Officials at a US prison where Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko is serving a term for drug trafficking are preparing a response to a request for medical assistance for the convict, attorney Alexei Tarasov told RIA Novosti.

Russian convicts produce $900mln worth of goods annualy

11:35 18/02/2014 Russian convicts manufacture more than 100,000 kinds of goods worth almost 32 billion rubles ($900 million) annualy, financial director of Federal Penitentiary Service Oleg Korshunov told the press on Tuesday.

Attorneys' rights violated in detention facilities – Federal Chamber of Lawyers

18:05 31/01/2014 Yevgeny Semenyako, President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers, has addressed the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutor General's Office regarding the violation of lawyers' rights in a number of detention facilities in the Yaroslavl and Irkutsk regions and Udmurtia, according to a statement on the chamber's website.

Khodorkovsky's partner may demand compensation for postponed release

15:52 24/01/2014 Khodorkovsky's business partner Platon Lebedev, whose term was reduced to “time served” yesterday, is indignant with the delay in his release from prison and may demand compensation through the court for moral damages, attorney Vladimir Krasnov told RAPSI Friday.

Paralyzed fraud convict taken to Moscow hospital

15:37 17/01/2014 Vladimir Topekhin, a paralyzed man sentenced to six years in prison by a Moscow court, has been transferred from the detention facility to a city hospital.

Mortality has dropped in Moscow pre-trial detention facilities in 2013 – official

13:52 17/01/2014 The mortality rate in Moscow detention facilities has decreased in 2013 and has amounted to 34 inmates, Anatoly Tikhomirov, Head of the Moscow branch of the Federal Penitentiary Service announced Friday.

Russian Penitentiary Service clarifies amnesty procedures

13:41 19/12/2013 The Federal Penitentiary Service on Thursday released a statement clarifying release procedures in the wake of the recently adopted amnesty.

25% mortality drop in Moscow pre-trial detention facilities

11:37 11/12/2013 The mortality rate in Moscow detention facilities has dropped by over 25% over the past year and has amounted to 27 inmates, according to Anatoly Tikhomirov, Head of the Moscow branch of the Federal Penitentiary Service.

No violation found in colony where Pussy Riot’s Tolokonnikova held hunger strike

14:57 04/12/2013 The Federal Service for Execution of Punishment in Russia has not found violations of the law in the Mordovian colony where jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova staged a hunger strike in the fall.

Pussy Riot member's request to open case against prison administration dismissed

10:35 29/11/2013 Investigators have dismissed again a request filed by convicted Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova to initiate a case against the administration of the Mordovian colony where she served her sentence for absence of a crime in the officials' acts

Fourteen convicts released under economic crime amnesty in Russia

16:31 26/11/2013 Fourteen convicts have been released in Russia in the past week in accordance with an economic crime amnesty passed in Russia about five months ago, according to the website of the Federal Penitentiary Service.

Extremist ideas surge in Russian prisons - official

16:02 21/11/2013 The number of prisoners spreading extremist ideas in Russian jails has increased by 40 percent since last year, a penitentiary service official said Thursday.

Officials conclude that Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova did not work overtime

11:30 19/11/2013 Convicted Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has not worked overtime in the Mordovian colony, according to a statement released by Russia's Ministry of Labour and Social Protection via the Presidential Council for Human Rights.

Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova to be transferred to Siberian colony

14:50 05/11/2013 Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will be transferred to a penal colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Eastern Siberia), Tolokonnikova's husband Pyotr Verzilov told RAPSI on Tuesday.

Officials exceeded tracking devices budget by 1.65 billion rubles

15:15 24/10/2013 The cost of purchase of tracking devices for the needs of Russian Federal Penitentiary Service was exceeded by 1.65 billion rubles ($5.2 million), the Audit Chamber reported Thursday.

Pussy Riot member's request to open case against prison official dismissed

12:41 24/10/2013 Investigators have dismissed a request filed by convicted Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova to initiate a case against the deputy warden of her Mordovian colony.

Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova moved to another prison

16:38 21/10/2013 Convicted Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was mover to another prison, and the defense has no information on her current whereabouts, her lawyer Irina Khrunova told RAPSI on Monday.

Russian prison authorities to review inmates' pay

16:56 09/10/2013 Russian Federal Penitentiary Service is taking into consideration an issue over inmates' pay which has been raised recently by jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in her protest claim.

Investigators extend probe in Tolokonnikova's claims of threats in prison

12:40 03/10/2013 The Investigative Committee has extended the probe of a Mordovian prison opened after a complaint filed by jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.

Tolokonnikova ends hunger strike

19:06 01/10/2013 Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has put an end to her hunger strike.

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