Prosecutors receive investigative materials on Pussy Riot jail videoThe Moscow Prosecutor's Office has received investigative materials from the Federal Penitentiary Service's Moscow branch regarding the uploading to the Internet of video footage of Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina in jail.17:12 12.10.2012
Pussy Riot video may have been leaked by jailersThe Federal Penitentiary Service will look into where media obtained a video from the pretrial detention center where the Pussy Riot members are presently being held.15:24 11.10.2012
Pussy Riot members request to serve time in Moscow deniedPussy Riot punk rock collective members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina will not be allowed to serve their prison sentences in Moscow, according to Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FPS).19:58 10.10.2012
Prisoners may be allowed to request mitigated punishment earlierThe Federal Penitentiary Service has proposed to allow prisoners to request non-custodial punishment at an earlier stage.12:42 10.10.2012
Number of prisoners has significantly decreased over 3.5 years in RussiaThe number of convicts kept in custody has dropped by more than 150,000 over the past three and a half years, Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov announced Friday.13:46 07.09.2012
Investigator cleared of businesswoman's prison deathA criminal case pending against investigator Sergei Pysin on suspicion of having negligently contributed to the death of a businesswoman has closed; Pysin had been investigating the activities of Vera Trifonova, who died in a Moscow's pretrial detention center.11:05 05.09.2012
Woman convicted of planning suicide bomb released from prisonChechnya resident Zara Murtazaliyeva, who was convicted to 8.5 years in prison in 2005 for preparing a terrorist attack at a Moscow trade center, has been released from Penal Colony No.13 in Mordovia.16:25 04.09.2012
Prison head vows to isolate Breivik from general inmate populationThe head of Norway's Ila prison, where confessed mass murderer Anders Breivik is likely to be held, has stated that if convicted Breivik will be subjected to maximum security measures in order to protect the community from him.13:03 23.08.2012
Penitentiary service sues SMP Bank for $920kThe Moscow Commercial Court will hear on October 24 the Penitentiary Service's lawsuit to recover $920,000 from SMP Bank.14:48 20.08.2012
Magnitsky's mother contests refusal to remand warden's case to prosecutorsMother of deceased auditor Sergei Magnitsky has appealed against the refusal to remand the case of former Butyrka jail warden Dmitry Kratov back to the prosecutor's office.14:15 02.08.2012
Bout in Oklahoma City's transit prisonRussian citizen Viktor Bout is now being held in Oklahoma City's transit prison. He was transferred there from a Brooklyn prison on Wednesday.12:08 08.06.2012
Strasbourg court orders Russia to pay 45k euro to tortured prisonerThe European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Russian authorities to pay 45,000 euros to Vitaly Buntov for the ruthless torture he underwent while in prison.15:29 06.06.2012
U.S. court agrees to move Bout from 'supermax' to medium-security prisonA U.S. court has decided to transfer alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout to a medium-security prison in Marion, Illinois after a three-party meeting between the Attorney's Office, the court and the defense.14:31 04.06.2012
Bout's transfer to max security prison in Colorado postponedU.S. prosecutors have postponed the transfer of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout from his Brooklyn jail to a super maximum security prison in Colorado.12:38 16.05.2012
ECHR to hear activist's complaint about prison conditionsThe European Court of Human Rights has accepted a complaint filed by an Other Russia activist Taisia Osipova, who has been charged with selling narcotics. Osipova has complained about the allegedly inhumane prison conditions at the Smolensk pretrial detention center.16:18 14.05.2012
Ex-police officer wins $17k from Finance Ministry for overcrowded jailA Yekaterinburg resident has won over $17,000 from the Finance Ministry and the Federal Penitentiary Service for being kept in poor conditions in a pretrial detention center for nearly a year. The judgment came into force on Tuesday.16:42 17.04.2012
Federal Penitentiary Service proposes paid medical services for prisonersThe Federal Penitentiary Service has developed a draft law on free medical services for prisoners and their right to paid medical services.14:42 03.04.2012
Charges brought against infamous helicopter escape suspectsCharges have been brought against three individuals involved in the infamous helicopter escape from a Vologda prison.10:53 02.04.2012
Prisoner makes daring helicopter escape, faces life sentenceA prisoner, who managed to escape from prison aboard a captured helicopter in Vologda region might face a life imprisonment.11:45 23.03.2012
Wrongfully convicted Ukrainian spent eight years in jailA man who was kept in jail for almost eight years for a murder that he did not commit was released on Thursday, Ukraine's Penitentiary Service reports.16:22 22.03.2012