Prisons in Russia consist of four types of facilities: pre-trial institutions; educative or juvenile colonies; corrective colonies; and prisons. A corrective...

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the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Orenburg Oblast, commonly known as the Black Dolphin Prison (Russian: Чёрный дельфин, romanized: Chyorny...

studying Russian prison conditions, "Prisons in Mordovia are notoriously terrible, even by Russian standards. The prisons there are known for the harsh regimes...

and maintenance of prisons in Russia, the transport of prisoners, and rehabilitation programs. As of 2019, it operates 954 prisons and pre-trial detention...

with the tasks related to the protection of the President of Russia. Prisons in Russia are administered by the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) and...

as Black Eagle (Russian: Чёрный беркут), was a prison in Ivdel, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. It was a maximum-security Supermax prison operated by the Federal...

Butyrskaya prison (Russian: Бутырская тюрьма, tr. Butýrskaya tyurmá), usually known simply as Butyrka (Russian: Бутырка, IPA: [bʊˈtɨrkə]), is a prison in the...

Vladimir Prison, popularly known as Vladimir Central (Russian: Владимирский централ), is a prison in Vladimir, Russia. It is the largest prison in Russia, with...

47 on 16 February 2024. Polar Owl - another penal colony in the town of Kharp Prisons in Russia 'FKU' stands for Federal Governmental Institution (федеральное...

supermax prisons operated by the Federal Penitentiary Service for convicts sentenced to life imprisonment in Russia. White Swan was founded in 1938 as...

Repression and the prison system in the USSR]. Archived from the original on 2009-04-19. P.Kropotkin, In Russian and French Prisons, London: Ward and Downey;...

During the 20th century in the Soviet Union, Russian criminal and prison communities maintained a culture of using tattoos to indicate members' criminal...

prison space greatly increased. Before the reforms, serfs were incarcerated by their landowners. After the reforms they were put in state prisons. In...

emerged that the original door had been removed long ago. Lefortovo Prison Prisons in Russia "Lubyanka – Smoke of the Fatherland". blogs.carleton.edu. Archived...

newest prison of the seven prisons of this type in Russia. The Snowflake became the first and only prison for life prisoners in the Far East. In 1996,...

Lefortovo Prison (Russian: Лефортовская тюрьма, IPA: [lʲɪˈfortəvə] ) is a prison in Moscow, Russia, which has been under the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry...

Many prisons in Australia were built by convict labour in the 19th century. During the 1990s, various state governments in Australia engaged private sector...

Paul Fortress (Russian: Петропавловская крепость, romanized: Petropavlovskaya krepost') is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter...

Chechens and Ingush in Russian prisons reportedly take more abuse than other ethnic groups. During the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia has set up filtration...

band members fare in Russia's 'harshest prisons'?". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2023. Roth, Mitchel P. (2006). Prisons And Prison Systems: A Global...

that prisons are classified inconsistently. They identified four general features of supermax prisons: Long-term: once transferred to a supermax prison, incarcerated...

Service of Russia in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, commonly known as the Polar Owl (Russian: Полярная сова, Polyarnaya sova) is a Russian prison located...

as Special Object 110 (Russian: Спецобъект № 110), it was said to be worse than the Lubyanka, Lefortovo, or Butyrka prisons in Moscow itself. From 1958...

outskirts of the town of Melekhovo in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The abuse and torture of inmates has been reported. Russian opposition leader and prisoner...

overview of and topical guide to Russia. The Russian Federation, commonly known as Russia, is the most extensive country in the world, covering 17,075,400...

expansion of the prison system, there has been a huge expansion of prisons that exist at the federal and state level. Now, prisons are starting to become...

men's prisons and that of women's prisons. Male prisons tend to have higher, or more severe, security levels/classifications than female prisons. This...

Ostrov (Russian: Огненный остров, literally: Fire Island) is a small lake island in the central Russian Vologda region. It hosts a high security prison ("Correctional...

northern Russia. It was one of the largest Christian citadels in northern Russia before it was converted into a Soviet prison and labor camp in 1926 to...