In accordance with the decree of the chief state sanitary doctor of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, from October 21, 2020, until a special order, the personal reception of citizens by the leadership in all institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Khabarovsk Territory is suspended. Citizens can address their questions to the leadership in writing or via e-mail.

The provision of long and short-term meetings with persons not associated with the provision of legal assistance to suspects, accused and convicted in institutions of the FSIN of Russia in the Republic of Karelia is suspended in order to prevent the spread of morbidity among suspects, accused and convicted persons, as well as employees of the penitentiary system of the Russian Federation, on the basis of the Resolution of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia dated October 16, 2020 No. 92 from October 26, 2020 and until further notice in institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Republic of Karelia.

Restrictive measures have been introduced in the penitentiary institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Moscow a cause of the continuing spread of the new coronavirus infection and an increase in the incidence rate in the city of Moscow, as well as in accordance with the decree of the chief state sanitary doctor of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, from October 19, 2020 until special instructions.

From 14 October 2020 according to statement of main state sanitary doctor – chief of TsGSEN FKUZ MSCH-69 FSIN of Russia suspended provision of short and long term visits with relatives and personal receptions in all facilities of UFSIN of Russian Federation of Tver region.

In connection with the ongoing spread of coronavirus infection and in accordance with the decree of the chief state sanitary doctor of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, from 07.10.2020 until the special guidance in the subordinate institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Moscow, restrictive measures have been introduced.

In order to prevent the spread of morbidity among suspects, accused and convicted persons, as well as employees of the penitentiary system of the Russian Federation, on the basis of the decree of the chief state sanitary doctor of the FKUZ MSCH-30 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia and in accordance with the instructions of the head of the regional penitentiary department from 06.10.2020 until special instructions in the institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Astrakhan Region, the provision of long visits will be suspended.

In order to prevent the spread of morbidity among suspects, accused and convicted persons, as well as employees of the penitentiary system, from October 5, 2020, the provision of long visits with relatives and other persons in correctional institutions of the region is suspended.

The provision of short-term visits with relatives to suspects, accused and convicted persons has been resumed in correctional facilities and a pre-trial detention center in the Amur Region.

In accordance with the resolution of the Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Penitentiary Service of Russia A.A. Galkin from 20.06.2020 № 865 in the institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia of Pskov Region, resumed short-terms visits to suspects, accused and convicted persons.

From 21 of September 2020 in the institutions of UFSIN of Russian Federation in the Altai region renewal providing long visits. To prevent the spreading and emergence of the new coronavirus infection long visits will be organized according to sanitary and anti-epidemic (preventive) measures.

From 07.09.2020 by resolution of the Chief state sanitary doctor, the Federal Penitentiary Service restrictive measures in institutions of the territorial bodies of the Federal Penitentiary Service and detention facilities of the Federal Penitentiary Service are cancelled.

From September 7, 2020, convicts will be granted long visits lasting three days on the territory of correctional colonies and pre-trial detention centers.

Since September 15, In correctional colony 46 (Nevyansk) and colony-settlement 59 (Kamensk-Uralsky) of the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Sverdlovsk region long visits are now available.

In connection with the stabilization of the sanitary and epidemiological situation in the institutions of the Penitentiary System of the Bryansk region, from 01.09.2020, a decision was made to provide long-term visits to convicts.

In accordance with the Resolution of the Chief state sanitary physician of the Federal state healthcare institution medical unit 61 of the Federal Penitentiary Service from 27.08.2020 No. 187 "On the gradual removal of restrictions against the coronavirus infection" in the institutions of the territorial body of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Rostov region from 31.08.2020 the restrictions on granting long-term visits to convicts are removed (except for institutions, which introduced a regime-restrictive measures (quarantine).

From August 24 2020, in the institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Murmansk region, the provision of short-term visits to suspects, accused and convicted persons is resumed.

By the date of 04.08.2020, 187,294 laboratory tests were conducted to detect a new coronavirus infection, including 116,844 studies in the laboratories of the Penal Enforcement System.

In accordance to the decree of the chief state sanitary doctor of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, from June 23, 2020, the provision of short-term visits with relatives to suspects, accused, convicts has been resumed in penal institutions where there is no quarantine and no special regime has been introduced.

Representatives of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia discussed with the Embassy of France in Moscow the problems of the incidence of coronavirus infection in prisons.

In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic in the branch of the Hospital FBHI MSI-7 Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, the PCR-laboratory was opened - a laboratory that allows testing, including for a new coronavirus infection.

The deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, lieutenant-general of the internal service Alexander Khabarov, told TASS how the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service protected prisoners from the threat of coronavirus, what emergency measures were introduced in the institutions, the beginning of mask sewing and the work of sanitary patrols.

Information about the outbreak of COVID-19 in CC-7 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Republic of Mordovia is false.

Since the beginning of 2020, representatives of public monitoring commissions visited institutions of the penitentiary system 872 times, of which 501 were in correctional institutions and 371 in pre-trial detention centers.

The event was also attended by the First Deputy Head of the medical department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia Colonel of the Internal Service Irina Larionova, Head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Dagestan, Colonel of the Internal Service Andrei Polyakov, Deputy Director of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Research Center for phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Vadim Testov, Head of correctional colony №2 of the Federal Penitentiary Service Russia in the Republic of Dagestan, lieutenant colonel of the internal service Rauf Gabibov.

Despite the fact that Moscow was the first to face the threat of the spread of diseases caused by a new coronavirus infection, Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Moscow took all the necessary measures to protect citizens in custody, as well as employees and employees of the penal correction system from it.

Three cases of suspicion of a new coronavirus infection among detainees have been identified in pre-trial detention center № 2 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. Necessary laboratory tests are carried out.

As of May 25, 2020, in 47 territorial bodies of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, among the suspects, accused, convicts held in the penitentiary system, there is no a single case of the disease caused by a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 was recorded: in the city of Zafaikalsky (ZFSN) of Russia according to Zabaykalsky Kamchatka, Primorsky, Khabarovsk, Altai, Krasnodar, Stavropol Territories, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra, Altai Republics, Tyva, Khakassia, Buryatia, Sakha (Yakutia), Komi, Adygea, Kalmykia, Ingushetia, KCR, Mordovia, Mordovia Udmurtia, Chechen Republic, Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ulyanovsk, Kurgan, Irkutsk, Tomsk, Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin, Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Kaliningrad, Bryansk, Voronezh, Ivanovo, Kostroma, Lipetsk, Smolensk, Tambov, Volga, Tambov, Rostov, Kirov, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara regions, Kemerovo region - Kuzbass.

More than 35 thousand laboratory tests for a new coronavirus infection were carried out in institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system, about 14000 were carried out in prisons.

As on April 28, 2020, 18728 laboratory tests for a new coronavirus infection were carried out in institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system.

Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia took part in the “Human Rights in Quarantine” session, which was moderated by the Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights - Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galperin and Director General for Human Rights and the Rule of Law of the Council of Europe Christos Giakoumopoulos.

In connection with the spread of a new coronavirus infection the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia takes all necessary measures aimed to protect inmates and employees of the penal system.

The heads of the penitentiary services spoke primarily about the current situation in the world in regard to the spreading of the COVID-19 infection and about measures taken in correctional facilities and pre-trial detention centers to protect employees and detainees from this dangerous disease.

The information about a possibility of outbreak of pneumonia in pre-trial detention center №1 “Matrosskaya Tishina” published in several media is not consistent with the facts.

On this day, there have been no cases of acute respiratory viral infections and pneumonia among suspects, accused and convicted persons in pre-trial detention centers in Moscow.

In all the institutions of the territorial body, including the pre-trial detention center №1 “Matrosskaya Tishina”, there are sufficient medical personnel for both inpatient and outpatient care. A stock of medicines is available at the hospital and pharmacy of the institution. In addition, in connection with the conversion of institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Moscow to special conditions, it was decided to take Medicines from relatives of those arrested in agreement with the heads of branches of the MSCh-77 Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia.