Two more cases launched over riots in Irkutsk Region penal colonyTwo new cases have been opened over riots in a penal colony situated in the Irkutsk Region.14:01 17.04.2020
Rights advocate urges to engage NGOs in civil oversight of penitentiary establishmentsChair of the standing commission on civic participation in oversight of law enforcement bodies of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council, Chair of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture Igor Kalyapin finds it necessary to engage not-for-profit organizations in the work of torture prevention mechanisms alongside the institution of Ombudsman.13:19 17.04.2020
Appeal against ex-penitentiary official’s term for embezzlement postponed for 2 weeksThe Moscow City Court has adjourned an appeal against against a 7-year prison sentence given to ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov for a 263-million-ruble (about $4 million) embezzlement until April 28.15:39 16.04.2020
Russian rights advocates urge measures preventing riots in prisons and detention centersRussia’s Presidential Human Rights Council has voiced its opinion that courts need to resume hearings on paroles, mitigating of punishments and transfers to corrective labor in order to bar riots in detention facilities.15:53 13.04.2020
Ex-chief of Russian penal colony detained in torture caseA court in Russia’s Republic of Karelia has ordered the former chief of a local penal colony Ivan Savelyev to be put in detention in a torture case.10:59 13.04.2020
Ombudsman Moskalkova proposes to review parole terms amid pandemicRussia’s Federal Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova proposed during the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum 9 ½: The Rule of Corona on Friday to revise the terms for release on parole at time of the spread of coronavirus epidemic.17:16 10.04.2020
Penitentiary officials deny pneumonia outbreak in Moscow detention centerRussia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) in a statement released on Friday refuted information earlier published by several media outlets on the outbreak of pneumonia in Moscow’s Matrosskaya Tishina detention center.12:58 03.04.2020
Prosecutors seek to bring Russia’s radio to liability for fake news distributionProsecutors have forwarded to the communications watchdog Roskomnadzor papers seeking to bring radio Echo of Moscow to administrative liability for distributing fake news about epidemic in a penal colony in Russia’s Orenburg.16:25 02.04.2020
President grants penitentiary officers access to medical records of drug-addicted convictsRussia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a provision permitting officers of penitentiary establishments responsible for controlling convicts obliged to undergo drug treatment to access privileged medical information thereof.12:08 02.04.2020
Bill permitting convicts serve sentences near home becomes lawA bill allowing transfer of convicts to penitentiary facilities located near places of residence of their close relatives has become law.17:59 01.04.2020
Russia’s Penitentiary Authority seals off pretrial detention facilitiesRussia’s Federal Penitentiary Service has closed access to Moscow pretrial detention centers for lawyers and other visitors; it has also suspended delivery of parcels to convicts with the aim to prevent the spreading of the coronavirus disease.17:34 31.03.2020
Appeals court reverses early release of Russian penitentiary service’s ex-director ReimerThe Kaliningrad City Court has reversed a lower court’s order releasing ex-director of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer convicted of embezzlement on parole.17:47 27.03.2020
Appeal against ex-penitentiary official’s 7-year term for $4 mln embezzlement set for AprilThe Moscow City Court will hear an appeal against a 7-year prison sentence given to ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov for a 263-million-ruble (about $4 million) embezzlement on April 16.16:17 25.03.2020
Bill permitting convicts serve sentences near home passed by State DumaThe State Duma passed a bill allowing transfer of convicts to penitentiary facilities located near places of residence of their close relatives in a final third reading on Thursday.15:15 19.03.2020
Russian President states significant violations of convicts’ rightsPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin stated on Tuesday that lots of violations of rights of inmates had been fixed.18:05 17.03.2020
Former Russian penitentiary official ordered to 9-year jail for $2 mln embezzlementMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court has sentenced ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov to 9 years behind bars for embezzling over 155 million rubles ($2 million)during supplies of road fuel and sugar for penitentiary facilities.00:01 12.03.2020
Number of complaints from minor convicts, detainees drops – Russian children’s ombudsmanThe number of complaints submitted to the office of Russian child rights commissioner from prisons and detention facilities for minors has decreased in recent years, children’s ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova has said during the extended meeting of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s panel.14:24 11.03.2020
Ex-Russian penitentiary official found guilty of $2 million embezzlementMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Tuesday found ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov guilty of embezzlement during supplies of road fuel and sugar for penitentiary facilities.11:54 10.03.2020
Number of convicts’ complains about convoy conditions rises fourfold – Russian ombudsmanOver the year, the number of complaints concerning respect of human rights during convoying of defendants from pretrial detention facilities to courts and to correctional facilities has risen fourfold as compared with figures registered in 2018, according to Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova.17:30 28.02.2020
Two ex-officials of Far East prison keeping notorious convict go on abuse of office trialIndictment has been approved against two ex-officials of an Amur Region’s penal colony where a notorious gang member Vyacheslav Tsepovyaz is serving his sentence for involvement in mass murder; a local court is to hear the case.11:42 26.02.2020