The Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Murmansk Region informs:
In correctional institutions and pre-trial detention centers of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Murmansk Region, restrictive measures continue to operate a cause of the spread of a new coronavirus infection and an increase in the incidence rate in the region.
There are still restrictions on the reception of broadcasts (except for broadcasts of medical content with medicines and medical supplies), the provision of long visits with relatives and the holding of mass business, sports and cultural events in institutions.
Besides, additional restrictive measures have been introduced in colony settlement №20 and correctional colony № 23 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Murmansk Region from October 31, 2020 and until special instructions. The provision of short-term visits has been suspended (outside of persons providing legal assistance and participating in judicial investigative actions), visits to the institution by representatives of various organizations have been limited.
Meetings of convicts with persons providing legal assistance and participating in judicial investigative actions are provided, as before, after thermometry in the room of short-term meeting rooms through glass, provided that personal protective equipment (masks, shoe covers, gloves) are available.
In order to prevent cases of spread of diseases caused by coronavirus infection, a set of other sanitary and anti-epidemic (preventive) measures is being carried out in all institutions of the penitentiary system of the Murmansk region, and round-the-clock monitoring of the situation is organized.
We ask the relatives of suspects, accused, and convicted to treat the existing restrictive measures with understanding. These measures are dictated by the exceptional need to protect the health of your loved ones from diseases caused by the new coronavirus infection.
The cancellation of restrictions will be announced additionally, including on the official website of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Murmansk region.
