One day in the summer, either a camel on its hump, or a magpie on its tail, brought news that in one correctional center one person was allowed to paint. That is, a short-term meeting with a convicted person.
A short-term date is a date for four to five hours with communication through bars. There are also long-term ones, for three days. The creator has had mercy on me from the last ones, for those who have been there say it’s still tough. They lock you in a room for three days, and all this time the prisoner and those who come on a date sit within four walls. It may not be a big deal for someone who is sitting there, but it is a little stressful for those who have arrived. Well, okay, I wasn’t there and that’s good. But in a short time I’ll tell you how it feels.
Correctional Facility. Harsh and not glamorous
In order not to go empty-handed, you need to buy food. The permitted limit is 20 kg. There is a lot that can be transferred, but there are also limitations. For example, it’s not allowed in iron cans, so we took condensed milk in plastic. If you are carrying a watermelon, then (depending on what shift) they can cut it and see what’s inside. Same with big pieces cheese, butter, whatnot. The girls were standing behind me, and they brought five boxes of Borjomi in glass. I really don’t know if they accepted it or not.
You don’t have to take the products with you, but buy them at a local store. True, there isn’t much choice there, but you don’t have to drag it anywhere. I paid, gave the saleswoman a piece of paper with permission to transfer and that’s it. They will then deliver everything to the prisoner themselves.
Local store
Each bag, bag, and packaging is carefully inspected and further allowed or not. If “no”, then no one argues, they silently take it back.
The room near the transfer window is a tiny room chock full of people, bags, packages and boxes. There are few seats, so some people stand, others sit on their trunks.
While I was standing in line, I filled out the necessary paperwork for a date and a package. And, since the line was barely moving, he quickly rushed into the building opposite to sign permission for the meeting. I had to wait about twenty minutes for the head of the colony, but everything was fine. I signed without any questions.
In general, one cannot say that everyone there is gloomy, but one cannot say that they are joyfully friendly either. More like this – evenly indifferent. Although the atmosphere of bondage is felt and oppressive.
I returned to the transmission reception window and it was my turn. I laid out the bags, little bags, and the inspector inspected everything and accepted everything.
That's all, now on to the date.
True, I had to hang around the gate for about an hour, waiting for someone to invite me. Invited. The entry system is a lock system. That is, until one door closes, the other will not open. There, behind the first door, along the right wall, behind bars, is the first control. We signed up for the register, handed over our cell phones and, accompanied by a security guard, moved on. The door slammed behind me and the next one opened immediately. And so four doors. The sound of the door slamming behind you is as if a sledgehammer is hammering the last nail into your freedom. Doors with electric locks are heavy and harsh. Made to last. Actually like everything else.
After the last door there was a long corridor with doors right side. Suddenly a guard came out of one door, we (I was not alone, but I’m telling the story in the first person) slowed down and I was politely invited to go through that door. I go in, look around - the toilet! How to eat a toilet. It’s strange, I think, why did he bring me here? But don't think anything bad. This is called (probably) personal search. I raised my hands, they patted me down, not very carefully, and led me back into the corridor. The fellow traveler was also searched in the next room.
Next is another door, albeit wooden, but with a lock. I walk in and there it is, the visiting room. A long room, partitioned lengthwise with bars and plexiglass. Divided across into compartments. The size of the “compartment” is small, you can’t fit two people, so you had to stand behind your back.
You can't take photos, that's why they take away your phones. But we had with us, and the temptation was very great
There are telephone handsets for conversations, but, to be honest, we didn’t really use them, because we can hear everything anyway.
... Five minutes later they brought in, we’ll call him, Misha. (Special signs are blurred out, because..) 
Still, there is some kind of imprint on the faces of the inmates. It seems that it doesn’t look bad and the face is rounded and the wrinkles even seem to have smoothed out, but still... Something is wrong.
... A four-hour date is a lot, because after two hours there is nothing left to talk about. You sit and stare blankly through the bars. And from there they look at you. Only then did I think of knocking on the closed door and asking if it was possible to go early?
There were two dates in the room, me and two other women were communicating with ours. It turned out that the date can be ended earlier, but someone alone cannot. That is, everyone who is currently having a date must leave the premises. I talked to the women and they agreed. Apparently I got fed up too.
Going beyond the barbed wire, after the heavy spirit of specific premises, is an amazing pleasure. Immediately the air seems tasty and the greenery of summer becomes more attractive. But I mean, nothing at all, how much is there? Spent three hours. And not in the zone itself. And people sit there for years and years.
No, I don’t feel sorry for them, the absolute majority are there for the cause. It’s simple, as they say, “You can’t say no to jail or money”
Here - it shows what is written on paper that cannot be spoken out loud.
And in conclusion, a short video of the action around the colony. Nothing special, just to get an idea of the atmosphere.
Good luck and freedom to everyone. Take care of yourself.
The right of convicts to visits, the number of visits allowed to convicts serving a sentence various types regimes, defined by the Criminal Executive Code Russian Federation, in particular, articles: 89, 118, 121, 123, 125, 129, 131.
General rules conducting visits in correctional institutions are set out in paragraphs. 67-83 of the Internal Regulations for correctional institutions, approved by Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 205 of November 3, 2005 and are as follows.
In accordance with the procedure established by Article 89 of the Penal Code of the Russian Federation, convicts are granted short-term visits with relatives or other persons in the presence of a representative of the administration of the correctional institution.
Long-term visits are granted with the right to live together with a spouse, parents, children, adoptive parents, adopted children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, and with the permission of the head of the correctional institution - with other persons.
Permission to visit is given by the head of the correctional institution or a person replacing him, upon the application of the convicted person or the person who came to him for a meeting. If a visit is refused, a note about the reasons for the refusal is made on the application of the person wishing to meet with the convicted person.
Identification documents of the person arriving on the date, as well as their family ties with convicted persons are: passport, military ID, identity card, birth certificate, marriage certificate, documents of guardianship and trusteeship authorities. Convicts, as a rule, are released from work for a period of long visits followed by subsequent or previous service.
The first meeting may be granted to the convicted person immediately after the convict’s arrival from the quarantine department to the detachment, regardless of whether he had a previous meeting in places of detention. If there is a right to short-term and long-term visits, the type of the first is determined by the convicted person. Subsequent visits are granted after a period equal to the quotient of twelve months divided by the number of visits of this type allowed to the convicted person per year.
The time during which visits to convicts were not provided due to the introduction of a regime of special conditions is counted towards the period after which convicts may be granted visits. The duration of visits may be reduced by the administration at the insistence of the persons on the date. Combining dates or splitting one date into several is not allowed. Convicts must appear neat for visits. During long visits, they can use clothes, linen and shoes brought by relatives.
Convicts are subject to a full search before and after visits. The convicted person is allowed long-term or short-term visits simultaneously with no more than two adults, together with whom there may be minor brothers, sisters, children, and grandchildren of the convicted person.
Long visits with other persons are granted only in cases where, in the opinion of the administration, such visits will not negatively affect the convicted person. Persons who arrive on a meeting with convicts, after the administration of the correctional institution has explained to them the procedure for conducting a meeting, hand over the prohibited items for storage until the end of the meeting to the junior inspector for meetings against a signature. Citizens arriving on dates, their clothes and belongings are searched.
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If prohibited items hidden from inspection are discovered, the administration of the correctional institution takes measures in accordance with the requirements of the current legislation of the Russian Federation and these Rules. If a person arriving on a date refuses to have his belongings and clothes searched, long date He is not allowed with the convicted person, but may be granted a short-term stay.
In case of violation by arrivals established order the meeting is immediately interrupted. Persons arriving on a meeting with convicts are not allowed to bring any products or things into the short-term visiting rooms. For long dates, you are allowed to bring food (with the exception of wine, vodka and beer).
For longer visits, additional services may be provided. Their payment is made at the expense of the convicts’ own funds or those arriving on a visit. Replacement of types of meetings and visits with telephone conversations is carried out upon the written application of the convicted person. To receive legal assistance, convicted persons, upon their applications, are granted visits with lawyers or other persons entitled to provide legal assistance.
At the request of the convicted person, visits are granted in private, out of earshot of third parties and without the use of technical means of listening. Such visits are not counted among the number of visits established by law, their number is not limited, they are held for up to 4 hours during non-working hours for convicted persons and only during the hours from rising to lights out.
The procedure for holding visits in a correctional institution is regulated by clause 5.3 of the Instruction “On the supervision of convicts held in correctional colonies.” Supervision of convicts during long-term and short-term visits is carried out by a junior inspector, who is responsible for the implementation of the provisions established by the penal legislation and
Internal regulations for the procedure for conducting visits, issuing parcels, transfers, parcels to convicts and their accounting. The junior inspector for conducting visits, receiving and issuing parcels, transfers and parcels is obliged to: before the start of the visit, accept applications from arriving persons, clarify the status of visits based on the registration data, obtain permission from the head of the colony and report this to the operational duty officer; ensure the arrival of convicts for a meeting; order passes for relatives of convicted persons and other persons arriving on visits; familiarize those arriving for visits with the procedure for conducting them, and also draw the attention of citizens who delivered parcels to convicts to the inadmissibility of putting prohibited items in them.
If a person arriving for a meeting refuses to have his belongings and clothes searched, he is not allowed a long meeting with the convicted person, however, a short-term one may be granted in accordance with the established procedure; accept money and valuables from relatives of convicts who have arrived on visits, register them against signature in a special journal, ensure their safety and return at the end of the visit; check appearance convicts who are granted a visit, if necessary, ensure that they change into underwear, clothes and shoes from the exchange fund; strictly observe the established sequence (queue) of entry (exit) of persons arriving on a date. He first of all introduces convicts into the short-term meeting room, and then accompanies there those who have arrived for the meeting.
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Relatives are invited first to long-term visiting rooms, and then convicts. At the end of a short-term visit, relatives or other persons are the first to leave the room, and convicts are the first to leave the room for a long-term visit; report to the operational duty officer or the inspector on duty in the residential area and allow, with their consent, the relatives of the convicted to leave the colony during a long visit, and after their return, carry out an inspection of the things and food they have with them in the prescribed manner; constantly monitor the behavior of convicts, their relatives and other persons during short-term and long-term visits.
When conducting short-term visits, it is prohibited to leave convicts alone with persons who have arrived for the meeting. If the rules of conduct are violated, the date is interrupted. In this case, a long-term visit is terminated by the operational duty officer, and a short-term visit is terminated by the junior inspector. The final decision to terminate visits is made by the head of the IC.
The reason for the termination of the meeting is recorded on the application, in the registration card, and the persons on the meeting are notified about this. If a conversation at a short-term meeting is conducted in a language that none of the administration representatives speaks, then a translator or another person (except for convicted persons) who speaks this language may be invited to control the content of the conversation; in addition, periodically (usually before lights out and after getting up) check the presence of convicts in the long-term visiting rooms and their compliance with the rules of conduct; ensure proper internal order in the visiting room, serviceability of equipment and inventory, compliance with fire safety rules
Additional Information:
Convicts have the right to visits. Visits with relatives are provided in order to preserve the socially useful connections of the convicted person. According to the 1999 special census of convicts, 61.8% of convicts did not exercise their right to long-term visits, and 50.3% did not exercise their right to short-term ones.
The number of visits is established depending on the type of correctional institution, the type of regime and the type of conditions for serving the sentence. Dates can be short-term (4 hours) or long-term (3 days). The visits take place on the territory of the correctional facility. A correctional colony may provide visits lasting five days with accommodation outside the colony. In this case, the head of the colony determines the place and procedure for the meeting.
2. Short-term visits are granted with relatives and other persons in the presence of administration representatives. Long visits are granted with the right to live together with close relatives (but not more than two adults), and in exceptional cases, with the permission of the head of the correctional institution, with other persons. The concept of relative and close relative is given in paragraphs 4 and 37 of Art. 5 Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation.
Convicts, as a rule, are released from work for a period of long visits followed by subsequent or previous service. During long visits, convicts can use clothes, underwear and shoes brought by relatives. If the arrivals violate the established procedure for conducting a meeting, it is immediately interrupted.
Persons arriving on a meeting with convicts are not allowed to bring any products or things into the short-term visiting rooms. For long dates, you are allowed to bring food (with the exception of wine, vodka and beer). Convicts are subject to a full search before and after the meeting. The clothes and belongings of citizens arriving on a date may be inspected.
A person who refuses inspection is not allowed a long visit, but it can be replaced by a short one. If prohibited items hidden from inspection are discovered, the perpetrators may be brought to administrative liability under Art. 19.12 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.
Permission to visit is given by the head of the correctional institution or a person replacing him, upon the application of the convicted person or the person who came to him for a meeting. Documents proving the identity of those arriving on a date, as well as their family ties with the convicts, are: passport, military ID, identity card, birth certificate, MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE, documents of the guardianship and trusteeship authorities.
The duration of visits may be reduced by the administration at the insistence of the persons on the date. Combining dates or splitting one date into several is not allowed.
The first meeting may be granted to the convicted person immediately after the convict’s arrival from the quarantine facility to the detachment, regardless of whether he had a previous meeting in places of detention. If there is a right to short-term and long-term visits, the type of the first is determined by the convicted person.
Subsequent visits are granted after a period equal to the quotient of 12 months divided by the number of visits of this type allowed to the convicted person per year. The time during which visits to convicts were not provided due to the introduction of a regime of special conditions is counted towards the period after which convicts may be granted visits.
3. At the request of the convicted person, long-term and short-term visits can be replaced by a telephone conversation, and long-term visits - short-term ones; in a correctional colony there is also a long visit with accommodation outside the correctional institution - short-term with going outside the colony. Long-term visits are not granted to those in treatment and preventive institutions; they are replaced by short-term ones.
Long visits under strict regime in prison, in strict conditions in a special regime colony and in a correctional colony, as well as when serving urgent penalties provided for in paragraphs “c”, “d”, “d” and “f” are not provided for. . 1 tbsp. 115 of the Penal Code of the Russian Federation.
The ban on long visits under strict security in prison was challenged in court as violating the right of a convicted person to privacy (Part 1 of Article 23 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation), to respect for personal and family life (Part 1 of Article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and fundamental freedoms). As the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation indicated in its Determination No. 63-O of February 16, 2006, private life is not subject to control by the state, and this corresponds to both the interests of the individual and the interests of society.
But if a person has committed a crime, the state is obliged to protect the violated rights and legitimate interests of other persons, including by applying punishment, including by interfering in the private life of the guilty person. The court, citing the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, stated that such interference in private life is not arbitrary, but only implements a state function to protect public interests. The main thing is that such government intervention meets the criteria of reasonableness and proportionality and is carried out in a constitutionally significant manner.
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Like any person, those who are in a pre-trial detention center need communication and not only with fellow inmates. It is important for everyone to be able to see their relatives and friends, talk with them, inquire about their lives and share their thoughts. But for everyone who is in, this opportunity is limited, and it is these restrictions that will be discussed in the article.
You can get a visit with detainees in a pre-trial detention center.Legal provisions
Relatives of accused and suspects held in pre-trial detention centers should know how to get a meeting with a convicted person in a pre-trial detention center. The procedure and rules for meetings with prisoners are prescribed in Order of the Ministry of Justice No. 189, namely in Chapter 16.
In accordance with this order, the number of visits for a prisoner is limited to no more than 2 per month, and the duration of such meetings cannot be more than 3 hours. Therefore, it makes no sense to mention here and further the possibility of “long meetings”; in pre-trial detention centers there are only short-term meetings. A meeting is possible only after obtaining the appropriate permission from authorized persons and bodies; if quoted verbatim, it is spelled out as follows:
Art. 139. Permission is valid for only one date. The written permission to visit, certified by the official seal, must indicate to whom and with what persons it is permitted. No more than two adults are allowed to meet with the suspect or accused at the same time. A convicted person in respect of whom the sentence has entered into legal force, but has not yet been executed, is granted a meeting with relatives based on the permission of the presiding judge. court hearing in a criminal case or the chairman of the court.
Art. 140. Based on the written permission of the person or body in charge of the criminal case, as well as identification documents, the head of the pre-trial detention center or the person replacing him gives a written instruction to authorize the visit, after which he gives an order to the assistant on duty to conduct it.
Kinds
The pre-trial detention center is characterized by 3 types of procedures:
In the period before the verdict is announced
The law does not establish restrictions on who has the right to receive a visit. Therefore, we can say with confidence that anyone can apply. But when submitting an application, you will need to document the extent and type of relationship with the prisoner; therefore, it will be difficult for everyone except relatives to prove the validity of their request. For this category of people who cohabit or are in the so-called, it will be necessary to prove in some way the validity of cohabitation, for example, registration at the same address, the presence of joint bank accounts, etc.
From the date of proclamation to the date of entry into force
This type falls under the provisions of Article 395 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation:
Before the sentence is executed, the presiding officer at the court hearing in a criminal case or the chairman of the court, at the request of close relatives of the convicted person in custody, provides the opportunity to visit him.
Meeting after the appeal.
According to Article 75 of the Criminal Executive Code of the Russian Federation:
Those sentenced to imprisonment are sent to serve their sentence no later than 10 days from the date the administration of the pre-trial detention center receives notification that the court verdict has entered into legal force. During this period, the convicted person has the right to short-term visits with relatives or other persons.
How to get a meeting with a convicted person in a pre-trial detention center
It’s worth saying right away that dates are provided on a first-come, first-served basis, and in most cases the queue stretches out for months in advance. So, the application is written in the name of the body or person in charge of the criminal case - the investigator (if the prisoner is currently under investigation), the judge (if the case materials have been transferred to the court), the appeal board (if the appeal is being considered), the administration (head) of the isolation ward.
A sample application content looks like this:
- "A cap". The position, surname, name and patronymic of the person in whose name the application is written are indicated. Next, you must indicate the full name, registration address and passport details of the applicant.
- Main part. In the main part there is an application with a request for a visit and the information of the prisoner is indicated - his full name and date of birth. It is also mandatory to indicate the degree of relationship or other relationship between the applicant and the prisoner.
- Conclusion. The final part contains the date, signature and transcript, and you can also refer to Order of the Ministry of Justice No. 189.
How is the meeting going?
After the applicant arrives at the pre-trial detention center, he becomes familiar with the rules specific to conducting visits. The date may be terminated early in accordance with Article 147 of Order No. 189 of the Ministry of Justice.
The grounds for early termination of a meeting are:
- an attempt to transfer prohibited items, substances and food to a suspect or accused;
- an attempt by persons arriving on a date to convey information that may interfere with establishing the truth in a criminal case or contribute to the commission of a crime.
It is carried out in a room specially designated for this procedure, which is equipped with a specialized intercom and a dividing barrier made of bulletproof glass. Conversations can be listened to by the person responsible for this, and if necessary, conversations are recorded. Also, there must be an employee of the pre-trial detention center directly in the room, who exercises control in order to prevent possible incidents.
As mentioned above, a date can last no more than 3 hours; increasing the communication time is not allowed. A long visit in a pre-trial detention center is not provided for by law.
Conclusion
As you can see, obtaining permission to visit is a rather complicated procedure, requiring not only your strict adherence to legal provisions, but also the convergence of related factors that you cannot influence, for example, the personal relationship between you and the prisoner investigator. It is also worth noting that the restrictions described in this article do not apply to meetings of prisoners with their legal representatives, according to Art. 144 and 145:
Art. 144. Suspects and accused persons are granted visits with a defense lawyer in the manner prescribed by the current legislation of the Russian Federation.
Art. 145. Meetings between a suspect or accused and a defense lawyer are carried out in private without a dividing wall and without restrictions on their number and duration. Meetings may be conducted in conditions that allow the pre-trial detention center officer to see the suspect or accused and the defense lawyer, but not hear them.
Every person has relatives and loved ones, close people who worry about him. But sometimes living leads him to prison. During this period, he needs support and attention, which relatives are only able to provide when they come for a visit to prison. Let's look at this situation. How can I get to to a loved one on a date to prison?
What is a meeting with a convicted person?
There is no need for an answer to this question, everything is already clear.
Every year new laws are issued that complement the rights of a prisoner to visit his family.
Types of dates?
There are 2 types of dates. They vary depending on the time spent on the date.
- Long-term dates. They last three days and take place in specially designated rooms. Or 5 days may be provided, but they will be spent outside the prison. In such a date, you are given a choice. It can take place on the territory of the prison, or in a hotel, which will be paid for by a relative of the prisoner. You are allowed to bring food and drinks, but not in glassware or bottles. You cannot go outside the meeting premises. Since this is a violation, it will entail a premature end to the date. But it's worth emphasizing the point. A long meeting is allowed only to people who have a legal family and the head of the household in the detachment. Meetings with family, which is defined by the Federal Law of the Russian Federation, are allowed without any problems. There is no reason for refusal. But for cohabitants or best friends a convicted person may be refused for legal reasons. In this case, during a meeting, you can use acceptable services, the payment for which is borne by the relative.
- Short-term dates. Such meetings are limited to four hours. They are carried out in a specially designated cell or room on the prison grounds. Such meetings can only be arranged if the head of the institution gives his consent. A prison employee will be required to be in the room with the prisoner and his relative. I can’t go on such dates without him, he must listen carefully to all conversations. Under no circumstances should anything material be placed in the hands of the prisoner during this meeting. There is another procedure designed specifically for this.
The time that a person can spend with his relatives is determined by the law of the Russian Federation. Namely, it approaches from the side of the severity of the punishment and the conditions of stay. The head of the institution plays an important role; not a single meeting can take place without his consent.
It is important to understand! By at will a convicted person can write an application to change one type of visit to another, or even to a simple telephone conversation.
Upon his/her application, a prisoner may be provided with legal assistance in the form of a lawyer. During the investigation or any questions, the lawyer is allowed to assist the person. The lawyer and the convicted person have the right to demand that prison staff not be present in the room during their meeting and that no means of listening to the room be used. Violating these rules is an illegal act. Such meetings can last up to 4 hours; the law has no right to limit them. Meetings with a lawyer can be held for as long as both parties need. But, of course, they will be carried out according to the legal prison daily routine. There will be no visits at night.
Phone conversation?
This point needs to be given a little attention.
A convicted person has the right to call and communicate by telephone with his relatives and loved ones up to 6 times a year. All conversations are monitored and monitored by employees of the institution.
In order for the manager to give a conversation, you need to write a statement. It indicates all the information about the call, down to the time of conversation. It should not last longer than 15 minutes. The convicted person can pay for the call from his own money, or the bill will be provided to his relatives.
A prisoner can only contact his relatives. That is, he has no reason to talk to another prisoner. This situation is only possible if the imprisoned person is a relative.
If a person is serving a sentence under a court order under strict conditions, then talking on the phone is prohibited. Exceptions are made only if the person has any urgent family conversations.
Number of dates?
But prisons have different type. What kind of dates are intended?
If a person is in penal colony general regime in easier conditions, then he is assigned 6 long visits and 6 short visits. If a person is in the same institution under standard conditions, then 4 long visits and 6 short visits are given. The law gives a person in strict conditions 2 long visits and 2 short visits.
The location of the high security prison must also be considered. The standard provision provides for 3 long visits and 3 short visits. Under strict conditions - 1 long-term date and 2 short-term dates. In easier conditions - 4 long dates and 4 short dates.
It is important to know! Dating is not limited only in colonies in the form of settlements. In this case, the law allows meeting with relatives even outside the colony.
The first meeting with relatives of a prisoner can be given immediately after he arrives in prison. It doesn’t matter how long ago he had visits while he was in jail. He independently chooses the type of first date. The remaining types are given below. They are distributed evenly throughout the year. Dates cannot be combined or separated.
How are dates going? What are the principles?
Before the date, each party undergoes a preliminary check. Each person is checked for the presence of any weapons, drugs, or wireless communication devices.
For each meeting, you must take with you documentation, namely, your passport and a paper that confirms the fact of your relationship with the person in custody. Without this documentation, a visit will be denied on legal grounds.
The law provides for a person to refuse to be examined by prison staff, but this will mean refusal of a long visit. It will be replaced by a short-term meeting.
There will be a telephone in the room where meetings with prisoners take place. In case of a conflict or any other problem, a relative can call it, and security will come in immediately.
At the end of the visit, transport arrives for the relatives, and the prisoner is sent back to prison.
The main principle is the fact that the prisoner must come for a visit at pure form. He is allowed to wear the clothes that his relatives brought him. All subjects must be examined before and after the date for prohibited items.
The head of the institution has the legal right to stop all visits from certain relatives if they have a negative influence on the incarcerated person.
People who come for a date are not allowed to enter the meeting room without handing over prohibited items. Even if they were not a thing for the convicted person. This happens most often with mobile phones. All items are handed over at the time of the meeting against signature. After the end of the visit, prison staff return them to the owner.
Premises for long meetings?
Rooms intended for long meetings have a slightly different appearance, so you need to place special emphasis on them.
This room also has a landline telephone with one-way communication. There is a double bed that can be used as desired. It should be noted that for reasons of safety and premature elimination of escapes, there are no large windows. Some rooms have a very small window near the ceiling. A person will not physically be able to crawl into it.
There is a prison officer on duty outside the door of the room, who will provide assistance in case of an unforeseen situation.
What are you allowed to bring on a date?
Bringing anything material is allowed either during long meetings or during a special transfer process. Short meetings cannot be included in this council.
It is allowed to bring things, food, movies, drinks that do not contain alcohol.
It is important to know! It is strictly forbidden to bring drugs, communications equipment, or alcohol to a prisoner.
We strongly recommend that you under no circumstances resort to corruption. Do not try to bribe prison staff, this will not lead to a positive end. It is worth following the laws; they are created to protect society. The legislation of the Russian Federation provides for a huge fine for giving a bribe.
An approximate list of products that you can bring on a date:
- Instant noodles.
- Dry broth for soup.
- Black tea.
- Instant porridge.
- Liquid or butter.
- Bread.
- Cigarettes.
- Sucking candies.
How to get permission to date?
In order for a visit to take place, permission from the head of the institution where the relative is serving his sentence is required. This permission can only be obtained when submitting an application for a date.
The application can be submitted in writing or in electronic format. It is sent to the manager of the institution where the inmate in question is serving his sentence.
If there are no legal grounds for refusal, then written permission to visit is issued. If it was refused, then it is better to request this refusal with detailed reasons in writing.
If we are talking about a pre-trial detention center, then there are situations when there are no legal grounds for refusal, the investigator just wanted to refuse “because of harm.” Such problems are resolved with the help of his supervisor or a lawyer. A lawyer can solve this problem. But if he understands that the reasons are still legal, then you can forget about meeting your loved one.
Next, with permission, you need to come to the institution where the person is serving his sentence. You need to have the previously listed documents with you. It is best to take a second close relative with you so that without wasting time, he can hand over the parcel to the employee of the institution. You can send a letter with it and receive a response on the same day.
The application must be drawn up in the form specified by law.
In the upper right corner the address of the institution and the name of its head are written down. Further, the passport details and place of residence of the relative who wants to obtain a meeting with the imprisoned person are indicated there. The basis of the application must indicate what kind of meeting the relative wants. If minor children arrive to visit relatives, you must provide some of their information. Next, you need to indicate a document that confirms the relationship of the prisoner and the relative. It is indicated that the relative is aware of all the laws and principles of conduct during a meeting. The date when the application and signature was written is indicated. Below all this, a note is made that it is strictly prohibited to bring food on a short-term date.
How to transfer things?
During a long meeting, you can bring food and things for temporary use.
Women and children in colonies can receive materials in unlimited quantities. That is, the times of transfer do not have any legal framework.
As for men, they take into account the conditions, the institution and the severity of the crime.
Medicines and books for sick and disabled people are not included in the quantity limited by law.
The maximum size and weight of a parcel is set by the post office. All transfers will be carefully inspected. Such an inspection is carried out by prison staff in the presence of the relative who handed over the parcel. They check for the presence of prohibited items that a prisoner could use to escape or commit a new crime.
A prisoner also has the right by law to send parcels to his relatives. They may contain food, things he bought in the prison store. The parcel will also be carefully inspected in the presence of the convicted person.
Russian legislation on visits in prisons?
The law of the Russian Federation understands that a person in a prison institution needs support and attention from his relatives and close people. That is why visits with prisoners are allowed. However, it must be said that these dates are quite strict and have many restrictions. These restrictions are governed by many laws. Violation of them will result in legal liability. Let's look at them.
First, we need to note the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which provides the basis for others legally allowing visits to prisoners. The basis lies in Article 89. It determines the types and hours of visits in prison. In its paragraph 2.1, the law accommodates women who have small children. They are allowed additional visits beyond the norm. The article refers to the thirteenth chapter, which talks about the conditions for serving the sentence. This law contains clauses that control every condition that a correctional facility may provide. It is according to these conditions in the law that you can track what the annual rate of visits is.
All correctional institutions in Russia operate under a single law - the Internal Regulations of Prisons. The rules contain all aspects relating to serving a sentence in a correctional institution. Chapter 14 talks about the order of the meeting. The articles talk about who has the right to come to a meeting, where the meeting takes place, at what time, what can be brought to the convicted person and when. The procedure for examining the subjects of a meeting before it is described. Chapter 15 goes on to talk about telephone conversations, which, upon application of a convicted person, may be provided to him. Chapter 16 controls the process of sending and receiving parcels.
In 2000, instructions were adopted for the supervision of people in correctional institutions. The document is quite large and has many articles. He controls the methods of searching and detaining people. At the moment, it is no longer valid in Russia for a long time and has lost its legal force.
You need to understand! It should be noted Article 37 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. It is also relevant to the issue at hand. It defines the concept of relatives, that is, those people who can freely demand and come on visits to a prisoner.
Article 19.12 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation provides for legal liability in the form of an administrative fine for violating the law controlling the bringing of things on a date. You cannot bring anything into a short-term date. If the relative disobeys, the items will be confiscated during inspection, followed by an administrative fine.
In prison, a person's privacy cannot be violated. It is protected by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, namely, Article 23. Family private life cannot be controlled by the state.
The Family Protection Convention states that family life no one can interfere.
The law protects convicted people. They have the same rights and responsibilities as everyone else because they are people too. This should not be forgotten.
If you have any problems, you can contact a lawyer or lawyer. They will help you solve dating problems and give you the necessary advice. This is quite easy to do. You can order a free call back on the legal aid website. They will call you and explain the necessary things.
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This was not the first long date. Everything was familiar and worked out. She knew what to do literally to the minute. The main thing is to have time to do everything. The day before, you need to pack several bags so that you can quickly throw them into the luggage of your car tomorrow. In one sportswear, all the ordered items: sweatpants, two pairs of shorts, two pairs of socks, a scarf that might not be missed, a turtleneck, gloves - everything is black. In the other there are bed linen and two blankets. In a large basket there are potatoes, cabbage, carrots, onions, garlic, salt, sugar.
On Thursday after work I started driving. See if everything is in place - passport, money, phone, charger, birth certificate... The birth certificate of the long-awaited beloved son, who looked touchingly innocently from every photograph, whom she carried in her arms, rocked to sleep at night, sang lullabies, read fairy tales, took me to museums and Christmas trees to the Kremlin and Luzhniki... So, everything is in place. She mechanically straightened the gold chain with a pendant - the only material value passed down through the female line from her great-grandmother, a student at the Institute of Noble Maidens. "Oh! Noble girls! If only you knew where I’m going now!” She had long ago stopped torturing herself with useless questions: how did it happen, what did she do wrong, why exactly was her son, why did he become like this, and didn’t go crazy. I have long since stopped being surprised that this happened in their family, where no one had ever been imprisoned except their grandfather, who was repressed in 1937. Whole year with the obligatory ritual of weeping before bed has sunk into oblivion. Shock from the arrest, resentment, reluctance to visit, then catching the elusive investigator in order to obtain permission for short-term visits. Court. And the stage. Disappeared for two months. It’s only in the laws that everything is spelled out smoothly: supposedly the pre-trial detention center informs the relatives where the prisoner is being sent, then upon arrival they give him a call or inform him in writing. Svetlana contacted all authorities. The authorities regularly sent reports with a message about where they forwarded her statements next. Two months later, only she found out where her son was. I immediately rushed off for a short date. It was scary to look at him: skin and bones, his face was all distorted, his eyes were dull. All that little was visible from the clothes, the face and neck were covered in healing yellow bruises. Hands covered in scars and abrasions. Two fingers are either twisted or broken. “Did they beat you?” “No, everything is fine. Mom, it’s okay... now.” Looking at her face, which was beginning to twist, he hissed into the phone: “Don’t cry! Don’t you dare cry here!”
Everything is behind us, it has become ordinary and routine, everyday, so to speak. The bruises have gone away, I've gained a little weight...
Departure is at six o'clock, the Moscow Ring Road is crossed at about seven, and there are only about eight hours of fast driving left to get to a small town somewhere on the edge of the empire.
The main thing is not to fall asleep while driving.... At three o'clock in the morning, already pretty nodding off, she went into the hotel to sleep until 7 am in the cheapest stinking room without undressing. There was no time to think about whether the potatoes in the trunk would freeze.
In the morning, when I woke up, I wasn’t at all cheerful (it’s still good that I managed to fall asleep), I ran and ran, everything was minute by minute! First for breakfast, then behind the wheel and to the colony, so that I have time to write a statement before going to the store. And so it’s already 9 o’clock. They start at 11. That's a total of two hours to shop. Back behind the wheel and to the only supermarket in the city, which opens at 9, the rest only at 10, and this is late. Run, run with the list: 6 blocks of cigarettes, 10 loaves of raw smoked sausage. Boiled-smoked is not allowed. Condensed milk in plastic bottles, chocolate bars - all this is for transfer. “Snout-soap”: shampoo, shower gel, several bars of soap, deodorant, shaving, etc. You can transfer 20 kg, the list of permitted products has long been all in your head, memorized. And another mountain of food for three days. I want to cook something delicious and special. I need to make an Olivier salad, I asked for more meat. Red fish, olives (he loves them), and pamper him with a solid jar of caviar... Five cartons of milk, juices, two large bottles of Coca-Cola. There was a bunch of something else in there, resulting in seven large bags of groceries. God! I wish I could carry all this! I also really want to sleep and my head hurts. I looked at my watch. It's almost 11! Hurry up to the waiting room, otherwise they will take you in without you. Everyone is sitting and waiting, the tension is growing. There aren't that many people, some are old acquaintances. Everyone is tired, everyone has a whole battery of bags in another room with a separate exit. This is the entrance to the long visit rooms. From the dressing room there is an iron door, behind it is a small room, partitioned off in two more places by bars with automatic doors. The device works in such a way that if one door is open, the second one is blocked and does not open. That is, once you find yourself in a cage in the middle of a room, you can’t just get out of it. There is a window in this cage, and there sits a “clerk” who takes the passport and other documents and issues a pass - an ordinary piece of paper, but you cannot lose it, otherwise you will not be released. You get into this purgatory only if accompanied by a lady who constantly smiles an ominous smile that sends chills down your spine.
It must be said that there was also a small hitch - something was wrong with the documents of one of the visitors, and while the guards were running back and forth, accompanied by the aching sufferer, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon. Only thanks to the fact that the lady was with a small child, in the end the Cerberus relented.
The long-awaited command rang out: “Hand over your money and prohibited items.”
Svetlana, that’s our heroine’s name, left her phone in the car and several thousand for gas for the return trip, so she didn’t go to the window to drop off her things. At the last moment, she suddenly decided to take her license and documents for the car with her. Quickly running to get her purse, she took a line next to her bags, counting them: one, two... twelve. She was all sweaty from dragging things around, and she really wanted to sleep. She reassured herself: a maximum of a couple more hours until they “cheat”, then for now stuff all the food into the refrigerators, lay out your bed linen on the official bed so that you can sit or lie quietly, a beautiful oilcloth on the table, put the kettle on, throw it in a frying pan meat and cook borscht. In the meantime, open the sliced caviar and drink tea with your son. Hurry up!
The smiling lady was not in a good mood today. As it turned out later, in the morning someone tried to convey something prohibited in the program. It wasn't a file or a gun baked in bread, but still. Some said it was a phone, others said it was drugs. The orderlies carried the bags to the rooms, the visitors were seated on the sofa under surveillance cameras, and the lady and her assistant began their favorite procedure. If previously they let all visitors through in half an hour, now they acted so scrupulously that it took 20 minutes for each room. Svetlana had almost fallen asleep on the sofa when she was invited into her room. All the bags were on the floor. The lady asked her to undress. When Svetlana was undressing, she suddenly discovered that in the bustle and fatigue she had forgotten to take off her gold chain.
Oh, I forgot to hand over the chain. Take it please.
Yes, we’ll take it, we’ll take it, don’t worry,” the matron smiled even more, feeling the metal wires in her bra. - You can get dressed. Vasya! Come here!
Vasya came in.
Take it off. - Vasya filmed the chain with a small camera.
Well, take your groceries back.
How to get back?! - Svetlana’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets. - It was so hard for me to get time off from work, I spent my monthly salary on groceries, the road is so long... How do I get back?
The lady continued her work. Svetlana, with hope in her voice, asked if this meant that she would be pardoned after all. “As they decide at the top,” the lady answered, “and I have to check, maybe you tried to bring something else in here.” “Yes, I didn’t try to bring anything in, I just forgot, I forgot, I wear it all the time, I don’t even feel that I’m wearing it.” “Well, it’s not the first time, you should know.” “Not the first, but I was very tired, I drove almost all night, I didn’t get enough sleep, I was hungry, and I have an ulcer and hypertension.” “Why are you driving around so sick?” “What are there, what to do”
Meanwhile, the lady was turning all the bags out onto the bed, checking the handles, seams and gaskets. When she turned out her wallet, she was delighted to find a SIM card in one of the hundred branches that no one had ever looked into for several years. "And what's that? - it seemed her joy would have no end. - Vasya, take it off!” Vasya took it all off. “This is an old SIM card, it’s already two years old, I bought it in Italy and forgot about it. It has been blocked for a long time and will never be unblocked in its life, this is easy to check.” “Yes, we’ll call the operator now,” the lady answered surprisingly seriously. “Go home.” Meanwhile, the nimble Vasya had already opened half of the cans, and the lady herself had opened all the bags of juice and milk and sniffed them with such a decisive movement, as if she wanted to taste them.
“How can I take all these cans back? They’re open!” “Yes, as you wish!” It seemed to Svetlana that it was better to remain silent. Because it was useless to talk. Vasya completely lost his temper: he unpacked the meat and started poking it with a knife, then with the same knife he cut all the mayonnaise into plastic container. He was particularly delighted with the jar of red caviar. And she got it from Vasya’s cutting tool. “Did you poke the meat?” “Poked” “Let’s do it one more time” Vasya poked it one more time, and then went over the mayonnaise one more time to be sure. The lady also said something about the fact that pork should not be brought into the long-term visiting room. “It was possible before” “But now it’s impossible, you have to read the advertisements.” For a moment, Svetlana felt her pulse quicken and her temples began to pound. It seemed like a couple more seconds and she would either faint or cling to this lady to shut her sarcastic grins back. But, having overcome the wave of anger, Svetlana simply sat down on the edge of her chair, trying to cope with dark spots In eyes. The lady added with a final chord all the medicines that people with ulcers, heart disease and hypertension do not part with, and at the same time drops for the common cold. "Not allowed"
The guards put the SIM card and chain in a bag, grabbed the pills and dragged her somewhere, forbidding Svetlana to leave the room. The sight was terrifying: the double bed and table were littered with things turned inside out, filled with open cans of peas, olives and cucumbers. It was already more than two o'clock. Usually at this time everyone was already bustling around in the kitchen, sizzling frying pans, like in some kind of family-group culinary reality show. They were probably fussing... Svetlana still sat on the chair, not knowing what to do, whether to collect things, or, on the contrary, to take things apart. From the corridor came the joyful excitement and someone's exclamation: “They are bringing the boys!”
“Will they really not let me in, will I really have to go back?” And when will I be able to go on a date again now, and will they even let me in?
At about three o'clock Svetlana decided to get out of the room, because she felt an urgent need for this. Poking her head out the door, she saw the orderly and shouted to him: “Can I go somewhere?” He allowed it. Vasya immediately appeared with a message: get dressed, now we’ll quickly go to court, and then, perhaps, the boss will allow a meeting. Last time, in a similar case, they allowed it, although they had not allowed it before, and the parents had to leave.
But before going to court, Svetlana was taken to the office of a handsome young lieutenant who performed bureaucratic functions. With a shy look, he politely read out the article incriminating Svetlana, not forgetting to add: “Nothing personal, no offense. We are doing our job. According to Article 19.12 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, transfer or attempt to transfer by any means to persons held in institutions of the penal system or temporary detention centers and other places of detention, objects, substances or food products, the acquisition, storage or use of which is prohibited by law, shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of three thousand to five thousand rubles with confiscation of prohibited items, substances or food products"
Svetlana felt as if she had received an electric shock: “Confiscation? What? Chains? But this is absolutely impossible! This is our family heirloom, it’s from my great-grandmother... I didn’t want to bring it in, I accidentally forgot to take it off. I’m so tired, I didn’t sleep all night, I was running around the shops in the morning, carrying heavy bags...” - she again sang the same song. Everything that was happening seemed like some kind of terrible dream. Everything was supposed to go wrong. But when was the last time it was the way she wanted? No, it can’t be, this is some kind of wild joke that will certainly end now, the lieutenant will apologize, take the chain for storage, and then return it upon leaving the date. He will say goodbye: “Next time, be more careful.” But instead, the lieutenant confirmed the worst assumptions that the chain would be confiscated. He asked formal questions, filled out a bunch of papers, then read something long and tediously and gave it to him to sign. To top it off, that same lady showed up, now in the role of a “witness” in company with Vasya the witness. They also signed. The lady continued to joke and smile. Svetlana suddenly remembered that in the room for a long meeting there were products lying open and pierced with knives: meat, chicken, caviar and red fish - everything had been warm since 12 o’clock, in the room since 14 o’clock, and it was already about five. Svetlana asked if her products had spoiled and whether they would soon go to court. “A little more,” replied the bureaucrat, tapping one finger on the keyboard. Before going to court, the lieutenant began looking for the head of the colony to find out if the meeting would take place. There were five minutes left before the end of the working day. He couldn’t get through, but someone reported that the boss was walking around the territory. The connection does not work because they are jamming there. After some time, the boss showed up in his office and graciously allowed me not to deprive him of the meeting. The lieutenant and Vasya took the swaying Svetlana out onto the street and sat her in “an old, but foreign car,” as the driver proudly called her. Apparently out of compassion for the pathetic appearance of the offender, when the lady left, they returned some of the medicine to her. We arrived at the court at six. Only a few windows in the building were illuminated. Some fat women painted the walls in the lobby. “But the court has closed, it’s open until five. Did you call ahead?” “No,” the polite lieutenant answered simply. Svetlana almost lost consciousness. “Someone go upstairs alone, maybe the judge is still delayed.” The lieutenant ran briskly up the stairs and disappeared for an hour. Then he went down for the offender and the witness, who was mentally preparing a speech to pity the judge. The judge with a long nose, stern and gray-haired, immediately interrupted the offender and deprived her of her word. Then he read out some articles of the law for a long time and tediously, from which Svetlana understood only one thing: that she would never see the chain again. She tried to insist that her violation was unintentional and, if she really wanted to carry the chain, she would not have done it with her own neck, and would have hidden it so that no lady would ever have discovered it. And in general, why would she give this chain, a valuable family heirloom, to her son in prison? The situation is also similar with SIM cards. Well, it’s not working, this SIM card will never work in its life...
For a moment, Svetlana thought about asking for a lawyer, but she immediately dismissed it, imagining how long this whole comedy would drag on, and that then she would definitely not see her son, and in addition to the loss of the chain, at least 50 thousand would be added to the loss, plus spoiled food . But the main thing is that she was afraid for her son, lest they take it out on him.
The judge read out the verdict, announcing that she was found guilty of bringing prohibited items into the territory of a correctional colony, for which she was fined 3 thousand rubles, and her Italian SIM card and chain were confiscated...
Svetlana stood on the street for another hour, waiting, while the lieutenant discussed something with the judge, probably how to cut a chain.
Somewhere around nine she entered the room and began putting away the groceries. Apart from the chicken and fish, everything else seemed to be normal. Svetlana was incredibly glad that, despite her nerves, hypertension and circumstances, she did not break down, did not shed tears in front of the servants of the law, she was especially glad that she did not grab the smiling lady’s hair and did not shake out her stupid smile. The chain was... not even a pity... I can’t find the words... It seemed that these long-held tears were about to flow.
Steps outside the door, and here in the room is the son, who has grown a little since the last date and has broadened shoulders, in a black padded jacket and a hat with a bag in his hands.
Finally!
* Who should notify relatives of the place where the convicted person is serving his sentence?
First, the administration of the pre-trial detention center will inform you to which correctional facility they will send your convicted relative serve the sentence. This will happen immediately after the pre-trial detention center receives a notification that the court verdict against the convicted person has entered into legal force.
Then, within 10 days from the moment your relative arrives at the correctional facility, where he will serve his sentence, the administration of the correctional facility will provide you with all the necessary information, including the address of this institution.
Your relative can call you on the phone and inform you about the place where he is serving his sentence. The administration of the correctional facility gives the convicted person the right to call his relatives at his request.
(Article 17, 75, part 2, article 92 of the Penal Code of the Russian Federation; clause 9 of the Penitentiary Rules).
**What kind of visits are there with a convicted person and when can you come for a date?
A person sentenced to imprisonment is granted two types of visits:
Short-term, lasting 4 hours;
Long-term – up to 3 days on the territory of the PS with accommodation in a specially equipped room, as well as up to 5 days with accommodation outside the PS. In this case, the head of the correctional facility determines the procedure and location of the meeting (for example, a city hotel at the expense of the convicted person or his relatives).
Short-term visits are granted with relatives or other persons in the presence of a representative of the administration of the correctional institution. Long-term visits are granted with the right to live together with a spouse, parents, children, adoptive parents, adopted children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, and with the permission of the head of the correctional institution - with other persons.
No more than two adults, together with minor brothers, sisters, children, and grandchildren of the convicted person, can come to the convicted person for long-term or short-term visits at the same time.
Persons arriving on a meeting with a convicted person must have identification documents, as well as confirming their family ties with the convicted person: passport, military ID, identity card, birth certificate, marriage certificate, documents from the guardianship and trusteeship authorities. Persons arriving on a date, their clothes and belongings are searched. If a person arriving on a meeting refuses this procedure, he is not allowed a long meeting with the convicted person. IN in this case Instead of a long visit, he may be granted a short-term visit.
Persons arriving for a short-term meeting with a convicted person are not allowed to bring any products or things into the visiting room. For long dates, you are allowed to bring food (with the exception of wine, vodka and beer).
The number of short-term and long-term visits a convicted person is entitled to per year depends on the type of correctional facility and the conditions in which he is located.
If a convicted person is serving a sentence in a general regime penal colony and is in normal conditions, then he is allowed to have 6 short-term and 4 long-term visits during the year; in easier conditions – 6 short-term and 6 long-term visits; under strict conditions – 2 short-term and 2 long-term visits.
If a convicted person is serving a sentence in a high-security penal colony and is in normal conditions, then he is allowed to have 3 short-term and 3 long-term visits during the year; in easier conditions – 4 short-term and 4 long-term visits; under strict conditions – 2 short-term and 1 long-term visits.
If a convicted person is serving a sentence in a special regime penal colony and is in normal conditions, then he is allowed to have 2 short-term and 2 long-term visits during the year; in easier conditions – 3 short-term and 3 long-term visits; under strict conditions - only 2 short-term visits.
If a convicted person is serving his sentence in a penal colony, he can have visits without limiting their number.
If the convicted person is serving his sentence in prison for general mode, then he is allowed to have 2 short-term and 2 long-term visits during the year.
In a maximum security prison, a convicted person is allowed only 2 short-term visits per year.
Convicts serving their sentences in the VK are allowed to have during the year: under normal conditions - 8 short-term and 4 long-term visits; in easier conditions - 12 short-term and 4 long-term visits; under preferential conditions - an unlimited number of short-term dates and 6 long-term dates; under strict conditions - only 6 short-term visits.
The first meeting can be granted to the convicted person immediately after his transfer from the quarantine department of the correctional institution (here the convicted person is kept from the first day of arrival at the correctional institution and up to 15 days) to the detachment. Subsequent visits are granted after a period of time equal to the number obtained by dividing 12 months by the number of visits (short-term and long-term) a convicted person is entitled to per year.
Convicted persons, upon their written application, are allowed to replace a long visit with a short-term one, short-term or long-term visits with a telephone conversation.
(Articles 89, 121, 123, 125, 131 of the Penal Code of the Russian Federation; section XIV of the Rules of Penitentiary Institutions).
***On long dates, you are allowed to bring food (with the exception of wine, vodka and beer). Convicts are subject to a full search before and after the meeting. The clothes and belongings of citizens arriving on a date may be inspected. A person who refuses inspection is not allowed a long visit, but it can be replaced by a short one. If prohibited items hidden from inspection are discovered, the perpetrators may be brought to administrative liability under Art. 19.12 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.
****Article 19.12 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation - Transfer or attempt to transfer prohibited items to persons held in institutions of the penal system or temporary detention centers
Transfer or attempt to transfer by any means to persons held in institutions of the penal system or temporary detention centers and other places of detention, objects, substances or food products, the acquisition, storage or use of which is prohibited by law -
Shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of three thousand to five thousand rubles with confiscation of prohibited items, substances or food products.
*****Food products, things and objects that convicts are prohibited from having on them, receiving in parcels, parcels, or purchasing.
This:
all types of weapons, ammunition, explosive, poisonous, flammable and radioactive substances, lighters;
money, valuables, securities, currency of foreign countries;
optical instruments;
wrist and pocket watches (in prisons);
food products that require heat treatment (except for tea and coffee, milk powder, instant food concentrates that do not require boiling or cooking);
home canning products, yeast;
all types of alcoholic drinks, beer;
perfume, cologne and other products alcohol based;
narcotic drugs, psychotropic toxic and potent substances, and without medical indications and medicinal substances, medical supplies;
electronic computers, typewriters, duplicating machines and other office equipment;
knives, straight razors, blades for safety razors, piercing and cutting objects, structurally similar to edged weapons;
axes, hammers and other tools;
playing cards;
cameras, photographic materials, chemicals, film cameras, video and audio equipment (except for television receivers, radio receivers), communications equipment and components for them that ensure operation;
any documents (except for standard documents identifying the convicted person, copies of court sentences and rulings, responses based on the results of consideration of proposals, applications, petitions and complaints, receipts for money, things, and valuables deposited for storage);
compasses, literature on topography, martial arts, service dog breeding, weapons design;
military and other uniforms, accessories;
clothing, hats and shoes (except for slippers, tracksuits and sports shoes) unidentified samples;
colored pencils, felt-tip pens, markers, ink, ink, ballpoint and gel pens (except for blue and black), paints, copy paper;
pornographic materials, objects;
electrical household appliances (except for electric shavers, factory-made household electric boilers).
