Penitentiary system

Pussy Riot's Alyokhina continues hunger strike

16:32 28/05/2013 Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, who is serving a two-year prison sentence, is continuing her hunger strike to protest the Berezniki City Court’s refusal to allow her to attend her parole appeals hearing.

Another prison penalty imposed on Pussy Riot's Alyokhina overturned

12:48 20/05/2013 The Perm Territorial Court has overturned another penalty imposed on Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina in her prison in Berezniki.

Russian convicts will be sent to prisons on shorter terms

14:08 15/05/2013 Prison sentences will be shorter than sentences served in penal colonies, but it will not be an easy ride, Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov said at a briefing on Wednesday.

Penitentiary service chiefs to take polygraph test

12:19 29/04/2013 Russia’s Justice Ministry has compiled a list of Federal Penitentiary Service officials who will have to take a compulsory lie detector test before appointment.

Pussy Riot’s Alyokhina transferred out of isolation

14:44 26/04/2013 Imprisoned Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina was moved to a regular cell on Thursday in accordance with a court judgment which invalidated the prison administration's decision to transfer her to isolation.

No probe into penitentiary service officials over dud electronic bracelets

12:37 18/04/2013 No investigative action has yet been taken against high-ranking officials of the federal Penitentiary Service whom the media alleged were suspected of involvement in the electronic bracelets fraud case.

Former Egyptian President Mubarak to return to prison hospital

10:50 18/04/2013 Egypt's Prosecutor General Talaat Ibrahim Abdullah has decided to move Hosni Mubarak from the Maadi Military Hospital back to the Tora prison hospital near Cairo.

Former Georgian prison chiefs detained in inmate torture case

18:00 16/04/2013 The former heads of three prisons in Georgia have been arrested over accusations of torturing prisoners, the News Georgia news agency reported on Tuesday, citing Georgian Prosecutor General Archil Kbilashvili.

Number of people in pretrial detention in Moscow exceeds prison capacity

14:13 15/04/2013 More people were held in pretrial detention in Moscow in 2012 than is permissible by prison regulations for the first time in three years.

Justice Ministry to simplify compensation for poor detention conditions

12:32 09/04/2013 he Justice Ministry has proposed allowing suspects and convicts to demand monetary compensation for poor conditions in custody and prisons, even in cases where the responsible officials have not been proven guilty.

Number of convicts in Russia down considerably over four years

14:35 05/04/2013 The number of convicts in Russian prisons has decreased considerably over the past few years, a Justice Ministry official said on Friday.

Pussy Riot's Alyokhina against prison transfer - lawyer

15:47 03/04/2013 Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina does not want to be transferred from the Berezniki prison in the Perm Territory to another penal colony because she feels safe in her present location, her lawyer Irina Khrunova told RAPSI on Tuesday.

Investigators probe $32 mln e-bracelet fraud

16:37 29/03/2013 A criminal case has been opened into suspected fraudulent financial operations inside Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) involving the purchase of electronic tracking devices for tagging convicts.

Convicts may have terms reduced for hard work in prison

11:53 26/03/2013 Federation Council member Konstantin Surkov has sponsored a bill to State Duma which proposes to give convicts a chance to reduce their sentences by working hard in prison. According to the bill, a prisoner who has demonstrated good conduct, hard work and has never been issued a reprimand can have his or her term reduced.

Former convicts require social rehabilitation to prevent repeat crimes

16:08 25/03/2013 Social rehabilitation is needed to prevent former convicts from committing repeat crimes, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said on Monday at a government crime prevention commission meeting.

Supreme Court to hear lawsuit in defense of pregnant prison staff

13:18 18/03/2013 The Supreme Court has postponed the hearing of human rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin's statement in defense of pregnant prison staff until April 22.

Russian authorities launch smartphone app for writing to prisoners

12:43 14/03/2013 The Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) has launched a smartphone application for writing to convicts. Service representative Alexander Polkin told RIA Novosti that "the FSIN-letter mobile application can be installed on iOS and Android phones."

Over 10,000 sentenced Russians wear electronic bracelets

17:46 13/03/2013 Over 10,000 Russians sentenced to restricted freedom are controlled using electronic bracelets.

Russia does not consider option of private prisons - official

15:35 13/03/2013 Russia does not yet plan to establish private prisons, Federal Penitentiary Service Deputy Director Nikolai Kolesnik told reporters on Wednesday.

No penalty for prison rules violation for Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova

17:03 07/03/2013 The disciplinary commission has decided against penalizing Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova who is serving a two-year sentence in a Mordovian prison for a 'punk prayer' at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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