Ex-penitentiary service director convicted of embezzlement granted parole
The Central District Court of Kaliningrad has released ex-director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer convicted of embezzlement on parole.
Top penitentiary official of Russia’s North Ossetia suspected of $50k embezzlement
A criminal case has been opened against a chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s Directorate for Republic of North Ossetia on suspicion of embezzling 3 million rubles (about $50,000).
Ex-CEO of detention center construction contractor faces abuse of office trial
An abuse of office case against Viktor Kudrin, ex-CEO of a contractor of the construction of Kresty, the largest detention center in Europe, has been forwarded to the Kolpinsky District Court of St. Petersburg for consideration.
Punishment for minor crimes may be mitigated for convicted mothers, pregnant women
Russia’s Cabinet of Ministers submitted a bill mitigating punishment for pregnant women and women with children under the age of three years, who had committed non-serious crimes to the State Duma.
Regional senior penitentiary official suspected of abuse of office
Probe has been opened into a deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s Directorate for the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, who had allegedly used convicts as labour in the interests of business.
Zakharchenko’s suit against detention authorities set for February
Moscow’s Lefortovsky District Court has scheduled a lawsuit filed by the convicted former anti-corruption official of the Interior Ministry Dmitry Zakharchenko against a detention facility administration over posting to the preventive accounts for February 19.
Russian ombudsman Moskalkova visits convicted Israeli Naama Issachar in penal colony
Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova on Friday met with Israeli citizen Naama Issachar sentenced to 7.5 years for trafficking and possession of drugs in a penal colony.
Russian ombudsman Moskalkova protects rights of convicted Israeli Naama Issachar
The warden of a penal colony in the Moscow Region, where Israeli citizen Naama Issachar convicted of trafficking and possession of drugs serves her 7.5-year term, has been reprimanded for unlawfully denying her visitations of her mother, Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova informs on Thursday.
Ex-top official of regional penal colony convicted of $300k embezzlement
A court in Russia’s Saratov Region has sentenced a former head and a former chief accountant of one of the local penal colonies to 4 and 3 years in custody respectively for embezzling over 18 million budget rubles ($300,000).
Former Russian penitentiary official’s sentence for graft comes into force
The St. Petersburg City Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by ex-deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Nikolay Barinov against a 3.5-year prison sentence given to him for taking about 110 million rubles (about $2 million) in bribes during a detention center construction.
Russian penitentiary officials next to police may be authorized to issue cautions
A bill authorizing penitentiary officials to hand down official warnings has been submitted to the lower house of Russian parliament.
Bill on blocking of prisoners’ cell phones reaches Russian State Duma
A bill to block cell phones illegally used by inmates and detainees has been introduced into the State Duma.
Probe into former officials of Amur Region prison keeping notorious convict completed
Investigation into ex-officials of an Amur Region’s penal colony where a notorious gang member Vyacheslav Tsepovyaz is serving sentence for involvement in mass murder has been completed.
Putin enshrines improvement of jail conditions for mothers, pregnant women in law
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill to improve custodial conditions for pregnant women and mothers with kids aged up to 3 years into law.
Defendants may gain right to seek compensation for inadequate detention conditions
The upper house of Russian parliament on Monday approved a draft law on compensation for substandard conditions of detention and imprisonment.
Russian senators accept legislative proposal on better jail conditions for pregnant women
Russian senators on Monday backed a bill improving custodial conditions for pregnant women and mothers with kids aged up to 3 years.
Ex-regional penitentiary official ordered to 3.5-year jail for bribery
The former deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s Rostov Region Main Directorate (FSIN) Sergey Ralnikov has been sentenced to 3.5 years in high-security prison for taking bribes.
Russian MPs give vote for better jail conditions for mothers, pregnant women
The State Duma adopted a bill improving custodial conditions for pregnant women and mothers with kids aged up to 3 years in the third and final reading on Thursday.
Murder case against ex-penitentiary official again reaches court
A criminal case against ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region directorate Sergey Moiseyenko, who stands charged with organization of assassination against his subordinate, has again reached court.
Compensation proposed for families of fallen penitentiary, customs and fire-safe officers
The Justice Ministry is drafting a bill on monthly compensations for families of officers of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), Federal Customs Service and State Fire-Fighting Service, who have died in the line of duty.