Penitentiary system

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Ex-head of Russian penitentiary service to remain in detention

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld the detention of former head of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer who stands accused of embezzling 3 billion rubles ($52 million) allocated for the purchase of electronic monitoring bracelets.

12:47 14.04.2015

Ex-head of Russian penitentiary service's appeal over detention set for April 14

The Moscow City Court will consider on April 14 an appeal that was filed by former head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer against his detention.

16:34 07.04.2015

Ex-head of Russian penitentiary service detained over alleged fraud

A court in Moscow ordered the detention of former head of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Alexander Reimer, who stands accused of embezzling 3 billion rubles ($52 million) allocated for the purchase of electronic monitoring bracelets.

12:36 01.04.2015

Ex-head of Russian penitentiary service accused in $51 million fraud

Former head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), Alexander Reimer, stands accused of embezzling 3 billion rubles ($51.3 million) allocated for the purchase of electronic monitoring bracelets.

18:04 31.03.2015

Russian prison authorities seek to jail opposition politician Navalny

The Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) filed a request with Moscow's Lyublinsky District Court to send opposition politician Alexei Navalny to prison.

12:54 31.03.2015

Navalny's brother sent to Oryol Region to serve 3.5-year sentence

Alexei Navalny's brother, Oleg, was moved to a prison in the Oryol Region in central Russia to serve 3.5-year sentence after being convicted for embezzling money.

13:32 06.03.2015

Penal service says Moscow pretrial detention centers overcrowded

The capacity of Moscow pretrial detention centers has been exceeded by 23.5 percent, says Anatoly Tikhomirov, head of the Moscow department of the Federal Penitentirary Service.

13:17 21.01.2015

Prison guards face trial for alleged abuse of Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko

Two guards at a penal colony where former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko served a seven-year term face trial for alleged abuse.

14:25 12.12.2014

Tymoshenko prison staff goes on trial

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of Kharkiv held the first hearing of a criminal case to try Kachanovskaya Prison personnel. Kachanovskaya is where former prime minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, served her term between 2011 and 2014, Ukrinform reports Friday.

13:12 28.11.2014

Defense of Ukrainian pilot claims mistreatment at Moscow psychiatric clinic

Nikolai Polozov, an attorney for Ukrainian military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko who is suspected of involvement in the murder of two Russian journalists, claims she is mistreated at a Moscow psychiatric hospital.

17:04 17.10.2014

World’s largest detention center to open in Russia in 2016

A new detention center, known as Kresty-2, which will be the largest of its kind, to open in early 2016 in the suburbs of St. Petersburg.

14:55 17.10.2014

Russian government approves unlimited meetings of convicts with priests

The Russian Government has approved a bill that allows personal meetings between convicts and the clergy, including those without supervision, RIA Novosti reports Tuesday citing the Ministry of Justice.

13:53 30.09.2014

Alleged Russian hacker complains about mistreatment in US prison

Accused Russian hacker Roman Seleznev has filed an affidavit with the Federal Court of Washington at Seattle concerning his mistreatment at Federal Detention Center (FDC) Seatac, according to the copy of the affidavit obtained by RAPSI on Thursday.

15:58 25.09.2014

Prison supports parole for Moscow student sentenced for Metro shooting

The prison colony's administration in the Kaluga Region supported a motion filed by Alexandra Lotkova who had been sentenced for shooting a non-lethal weapon in the metro on alleged self-defense grounds, to release her on parole, attorney Yaroslav Pakulin told RAPSI on Thursday.

13:17 11.09.2014

Over 100 inmates escape high-security prison after shelling in East Ukraine

More than 100 prisoners escaped from a high-security prison in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after it was shelled, leaving at least one prisoner dead and another 18 injured, the city council’s website said Monday.

14:57 11.08.2014

Ten percent of Bulgarian convicts hide from law enforcement

Ten percent of convicts in Bulgaria hide from law enforcement, Sega newspaper wrote on Monday, citing the prosecutor’s office.

10:42 22.07.2014

France set to ease prison overcrowding

France’s parliament has adopted a law to expand the use of probation and other measures to reduce prison overcrowding, Reuters writes. The law has been passed after a final vote in the Senate.

14:43 18.07.2014

Opposition activist Navalny appeals suspended sentence

Defense of previously convicted opposition activist and mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny has appealed the extension of suspended sentence issued in the timber embezzlement case, attorney Vadim Kobzev told RAPSI on Friday.

16:27 11.07.2014

Crime boss convicted on 12 murder counts dies in Russian prison

Sergei Tsapok, a crime group boss who was sentenced to life for the murder of 12 people in southern Russia, died on the night of July 6 at a detention facility, RIA Novosti learned at the Investigative Committee’s Kuban Department.

12:51 07.07.2014

Attorneys allowed to visit clients in prison hospitals despite quarantine

The Supreme Court has supported the complaint of three inmates of a Yekaterinburg prison who claim that their attorneys were not allowed into the prison hospital, RAPSI reported from the courtroom on Friday.

17:03 06.06.2014