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Situation of Prisoners in Contemporary Russia

BY MOSCOW HELSINKI GROUP

The given publication was prepared within the Project Human Rights Monitoring Network in the Russian Federation implemented by the Moscow Helsinki Group in partnership with the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, the Netherlands Helsinki Committee, the Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and human rights organizations from 89 regions of the Russian Federation

Financial assistance for the Project Human Rights Monitoring Network in the Russian Federation is provided by the European Commission


Chief Monitoring Coordinators: T. Lokshina, S. Lukashevskii

Chief Editor: T. Lokshina
Rendered into English by: MBS Intellect Services Inc. Translation and Interpretation Agency

Editors: N. Kravchuk, I. Sergeeva, J. Surroca

Layout and Design: P. Sotkina



The views expressed here in are those of MHG and can therefore in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Commission.




Copyright © 2003 by Moscow Helsinki Group
All rights reserved



TABLE OF CONTENTS

FROM THE EDITORS

INTRODUCTION
T. Lokshina, S. Lukashevskii

RECOMMENDATIONS

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR TREATMENT OF PRISONERS AND RUSSIAN LEGISLATION: GENERAL OUTLOOK

REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE UN STANDARD MINIMUM RULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS (PART I) IN RUSSIAN REGIONS: BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF A COUNTRYWIDE MONITORING EFFORT CONDUCTED BY THE MOSCOW HELSINKI GROUP AND ITS REGIONAL PARTNER-ORGANIZATIONS IN 2002

BASIC PRINCIPLE
A. Novikova

REGISTER
S. Shimovolos

BREAK DOWN INTO CATEGORIES
S. Shimovolos

PREMISES
S. Kovaleva

PERSONAL HYGIENE
O. Novikov

CLOTHING AND BEDDING
O. Novikov

FOOD
S. Shimovolos

EXERCISE AND SPORT
N. Kostenko

MEDICAL SERVICES
S. Shimovolos

DISCIPLINE AND PUNISHMENT
O. Shepeleva

INSTRUMENTS OF RESTRAINT
N. Kostenko

INFORMATION TO AND COMPLAINTS BY PRISONERS
N. Kostenko

CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD
A. Novikova

BOOKS
A. Novikova

RELIGION
A. Novikova

RETENTION OF PRISONERS' PROPERTY
S. Kovaleva

NOTIFICATION OF DEATH, ILLNESS, TRANSFER ETC.
O. Novikov

REMOVAL OF PRISONERS
S. Kovaleva

INSTITUTIONAL PERSONNEL
O. Shepeleva

INSPECTIONS
S. Shimovolos


THEMATIC ARTICLES BY EXPERTS

REDUCTION OF RUSSIA’S PRISON POPULATION: POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITATIONS
V. Abramkin,
Center for Assistance to Criminal Justice Reform


ALTERNATIVES TO IMPRISONMENT IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
V. Sergeeva,
Penal Reform International


HOMELESSNESS: THE CONTINUED PERSECUTION OF FORMER PRISONERS
Medecins sans frontieres

TUBERCULOSIS IN RUSSIA’S PRISONS: DYING FOR REFORM
Medecins sans frontieres

HIV/AIDS PREVENTION IN PRISONS IN RUSSIA
G. Roshchupkin,
UNODC, MOSCOW


WOMEN AND THE SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN RUSSIA: 2000—2002
L. Alpern,
Center for Assistance to Criminal Justice Reform


THE EXCESSIVELY REPRESSIVE NATURE OF RUSSIAN CRIMINAL LEGISLATION. SPECIFIC ANALYSIS AND REFORM POSSIBILITIES
A. Babushkin,
Committee for Civil Rights


“INFORMAL” PENITENTIARY SYSTEM IN CHECHEN REPUBLIC
A. Cherkasov,
“Memorial” Human Rights Center


ANNEX 1

LIST OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS-MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING NETWORK

ANNEX 2

LIST OF PENITENTIARIES VISITED BY HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORS



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