Zone of reliable reception

Every year, over two million convicts move across the boundless expanses of Russia... Prison is a painful topic, some will say, and an eternal one, others will add. But it must be dealt with seriously, otherwise it will bring so many problems that it will seem like a small thing to no one.

‘Aibolit’ charity campaign

In the period from 21 December 2009 to 7 January 2010, the public organisation ‘Aibolit’ (Simferopol) held a Christmas campaign called ‘Mercy for Prisoners’. The main goal of the campaign was to collect charitable aid and voluntary donations for prisoners

Elections at a special polling station – in the Chernihiv women's colony

At the special polling stations where convicts took part in the voting, no violations of the convicts’ electoral rights were found.

Zones of special attention

Amendments regulating public control over prisons have been submitted to the State Duma. State Duma deputies propose fining officials for attempts to hinder public control over Russian prisons.

Did he leave, or was he ‘made to leave’?

The head of the State Department for the Execution of Criminal Sentences in the Kherson region, Vladimir Pinkas, has retired

Vocational students visit a pre-trial detention centre

On the eve of the New Year and Christmas holidays, students from the Vocational School of Service and Design paid a visit to the Kherson pre-trial detention centre (SIZO). However, they were not meeting with those under arrest or investigation, but rather with the convicts serving their sentences there.

Two special operations conducted in the department's institutions

With the aim of ensuring proper law and order in penal institutions and pre-trial detention centres during the New Year and Christmas holidays, and reliable blocking of channels for the entry of prohibited items and things into guarded zones, the special operations ‘Zaslon’ (Barrier) and ‘Shchyt’ (Shield) were conducted (according to the department's website information)

Makiivka BYuT members took care of the prisoners

Staff of the medical unit of the Makiivka colony No. 32 were presented with sets of X-ray films

‘Open letter to the authorities of Ukraine regarding gross violations in the Kyiv Pre-trial Detention Centre’

Comment by ‘TP’

Convicts guilty of minor crimes can now serve their time on the sofa

On Sunday, 10 January 2010, a law came into force in Russia that allows Russian judges to punish criminals guilty of minor offences in a more humane manner.

Who is under house arrest abroad, and for what?

Abroad, those accused of minor crimes, elderly and ill criminals, as well as political opponents, are placed under house arrest.

"Open letter to the Ukrainian authorities regarding gross violations in the Kyiv Pre-trial Detention Centre"

The Head of the Kyiv Pre-trial Detention Centre is violating the prisoners' right to medical care