Prison population decreased by 50% in Russia - President
President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that prison population decreased twice in Russia.
Officers accused of providing convicts with falsified good conduct certificates face trial
A court in Dagestan town of Makhachkala is to hear a criminal case over falsification of good conduct certificates issued to convicts seeking conditional release.
Former Russian penitentiary official detained for two months in abuse of office case
A judge on Friday ordered ex-Deputy Chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Valery Maksimenko charged with abuse of office to be placed in detention until January 25.
Investigators ask court to detain ex-deputy head of Russian Penitentiary Service
Investigators on Friday requested detention for ex-Deputy Chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Valery Maksimenko charged with abuse of office until January 25.
Russia’s Ombudsman Moskalkova reports rise in complaints filed by inmates
The number of complaints submitted by persons held in penitentiary facilities to Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has increased.
Sentence of former Russian penitentiary official for embezzlement upheld
The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Thursday dismissed an appeal against sentence given to ex-deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov in a 263-million-ruble (about $3.5 million) embezzlement case.
Eleven penitentiary employees ordered to jail for prisoner torture in Yaroslavl Region
A court in Yaroslavl has sentenced eleven former officers of a regional penal colony to prison terms ranging from 3 years to 4 years and 3 months for torturing an inmate.
Russian penitentiary authorities ordered to pay prison torture victim's parents $26,000
A court in Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Chechen Republic, ordered the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) to pay 2 million rubles ($26,000) in compensation to the parents of Sultan Israilov, who had died from tortures in a penal colony where he had been serving sentence.
Russian Justice Ministry intends for changing prison rules of conduct
The Justice Ministry of Russia has developed a draft order on changes in the prison rules of conduct, RAPSI has learnt in the Ministry’s press office.
Ex-penitentiary official’s embezzlement sentence appeal to be heard in late November
The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction will hear an appeal against sentence given to ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov convicted of the 263-million-ruble (about $3.5 million at the current exchange rate) embezzlement on November 25.
Moskalkova urges penitentiary authorities to appoint aides for disabled convicts
Territorial bodies of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) must provide jailed persons with disabilities of I and II groups with assistants (hospital aides), Russia’s Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova believes.
Three persons sentenced to 2 years behind bars for assault on penitentiary officers
A court in Russia’s Tyumen Region on Monday sentenced three confined persons, who had assaulted detention center’s employees to 2 years in a high-security penal colony.
Allowing convicts serve terms near relatives' homes to down ECHR claims by 40% - Ombudsman
The fact that convicts were allowed to serve their terms near the places of residence of their relatives would permit to decrease the number of complaints submitted to the European Court of Human Rights by 40 percent, Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova believes.
Russian health authorities promise to reinforce convict medical care - human rights body
Russia’s Ministry of Health has drafted recommendations on the improvement of prisoners’ medical treatment for regions following a request from the Presidential Council for Human Rights.
Over 3,600 complaints submitted to Russian Ombudsman from penal facilities in 2020
The Office of Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights received over 3,600 complaints from penitentiary facilities in nine months of this year.
Former regional penitentiary official convicted of divulging state secrets
The Rostov Regional Court has sentenced a former chief of the regional Penitentiary Service’s Main Directorate to 2 years in penal colony settlement for divulgence of official secrets.
Number of women with children in Russian penitentiary facilities down over 5 years
A trend towards lower numbers of minors, women with children, pregnant women among convicts within Russia’s penitentiary system has been registered in recent years, Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova said during her visit to a pretrial detention center in Moscow.
State Duma backs bill on blocking phone numbers in detention centers and penal colonies
Russia’s State Duma has adopted in the first reading a bill envisaging refusal to serve mobile numbers unlawfully used in the territories of penal colonies and pretrial detention centers.
Russian police apprehend six convicts escaped from penal colony in Dagestan
Russian law enforcement officers have arrested six convicts, who could escape from a penal colony in Dagestan.
Law permitting convicts serve sentences near home comes into force in Russia
On Tuesday, the law allowing transfer of convicts to penitentiary facilities located near places of residence of their close relatives came into force.