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Ten percent of Bulgarian convicts hide from law enforcement

10:42 22/07/2014 Ten percent of convicts in Bulgaria hide from law enforcement, Sega newspaper wrote on Monday, citing the prosecutor’s office.

France set to ease prison overcrowding

14:43 18/07/2014 France’s parliament has adopted a law to expand the use of probation and other measures to reduce prison overcrowding, Reuters writes. The law has been passed after a final vote in the Senate.

Opposition activist Navalny appeals suspended sentence

16:27 11/07/2014 Defense of previously convicted opposition activist and mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny has appealed the extension of suspended sentence issued in the timber embezzlement case, attorney Vadim Kobzev told RAPSI on Friday.

Crime boss convicted on 12 murder counts dies in Russian prison

12:51 07/07/2014 Sergei Tsapok, a crime group boss who was sentenced to life for the murder of 12 people in southern Russia, died on the night of July 6 at a detention facility, RIA Novosti learned at the Investigative Committee’s Kuban Department.

Attorneys allowed to visit clients in prison hospitals despite quarantine

17:03 06/06/2014 The Supreme Court has supported the complaint of three inmates of a Yekaterinburg prison who claim that their attorneys were not allowed into the prison hospital, RAPSI reported from the courtroom on Friday.

Jailed Russian pilot says there’s a provocateur In Fort Dix

11:38 06/06/2014 Aleksei Tarasov, attorney of jailed Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko who is currently serving out a sentence for drug smuggling, says there is a provocateur in Fort Dix prison who’s endangering his client.

Over 25,000 convicts released under presidential amnesty in Russia

12:55 02/06/2014 Over 25,000 convicts have been already released in Russia in accordance with the presidential amnesty, which has been arranged to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, member of Russia’s Civic Chamber Maria Kannabikh announced Monday during the All-Russian video conference on the executive bodies’ cooperation with the civic institutions in the field of the convicts’ rights protection.

Supreme Court issues ruling explaining the term “completed sentence”

12:56 29/05/2014 Russia’s Supreme Curt has recommended that judges only consider those who have finished their prison term as having completed their sentence.

About 23,000 convicts released under presidential amnesty in Russia

12:07 20/05/2014 Around 23,000 convicts have been released in Russia in accordance with the presidential amnesty, which has been arranged to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service announced Tuesday.

Opposition activist Navalny broke house arrest conditions

15:40 24/04/2014 Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service confirmed on Thursday that opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny broke the conditions of the house arrest under which he was placed as a part of Yves Rocher embezzlement investigation.

Over 21,000 convicts released under presidential amnesty in Russia

15:47 21/04/2014 More than 21,000 convicts have been released in Russia in accordance with the presidential amnesty, which has been arranged to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service announced Monday.

Defamation claim against Pussy Riot’s Tolokonnikova dismissed

10:47 18/04/2014 A court in Norilsk has rejected a defamation lawsuit filed by Yury Kupriyanov, Chief of the Mordovian penal colony No. 14, against Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Tolokonnikova’s attorney Damir Gainutdinov told RIA Novosti.

Justice Ministry suggests smaller dorms for convicts

11:20 27/03/2014 The Russian Ministry of Justice has drafted a bill that would provide rooms with a maximum capacity of ten people for inmates serving terms in standard or low security prisons.

Convicted single mothers must be separated from repeat offenders in prisons - lawyer

14:59 25/03/2014 Russia's Federal Chamber of Lawyers (FCL) has proposed formalizing different confinement conditions for convicted women who are to be divided into four groups – minors, single mothers, first offenders and repeat offenders.

Over 2,100 convicts released under economic crime amnesty in Russia

16:30 04/03/2014 More than 2,100 convicts have been released in Russia in accordance with economic crime amnesty passed in July 2013, the Prosecutor General's Office reported Tuesday.

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny ordered to wear tracking bracelet

10:32 04/03/2014 Federal Penitentiary Service has put a tracking bracelet on the renown opposition activist and anti-corruption pundit Alexei Navalny, to monitor his compliance with the imposed house arrest, service official told RIA Novosti on Thursday.

US prison prepares a reply to Russian pilot’s health request

12:00 19/02/2014 Officials at a US prison where Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko is serving a term for drug trafficking are preparing a response to a request for medical assistance for the convict, attorney Alexei Tarasov told RIA Novosti.

Russian convicts produce $900mln worth of goods annualy

11:35 18/02/2014 Russian convicts manufacture more than 100,000 kinds of goods worth almost 32 billion rubles ($900 million) annualy, financial director of Federal Penitentiary Service Oleg Korshunov told the press on Tuesday.

Attorneys' rights violated in detention facilities – Federal Chamber of Lawyers

18:05 31/01/2014 Yevgeny Semenyako, President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers, has addressed the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutor General's Office regarding the violation of lawyers' rights in a number of detention facilities in the Yaroslavl and Irkutsk regions and Udmurtia, according to a statement on the chamber's website.

Khodorkovsky's partner may demand compensation for postponed release

15:52 24/01/2014 Khodorkovsky's business partner Platon Lebedev, whose term was reduced to “time served” yesterday, is indignant with the delay in his release from prison and may demand compensation through the court for moral damages, attorney Vladimir Krasnov told RAPSI Friday.

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