Putin demanded "unconditional compliance with the rights of prisoners"

President Vladimir Putin demanded an unconditional compliance with the rights of prisoners. According to TASS, he stated this at a solemn meeting dedicated to the 295th anniversary of the Russian prosecutor's office.

"I ask you to keep the situation in compliance with the rights of citizens serving a sentence in places of imprisonment," Putin said. According to him, "the standards of detention of prisoners, their rights to medical assistance enshrined in the law, other rights must be fully observed."

“The reaction of prosecutors of all levels to non -compliance with the law, to violation of the rights and freedoms of people should be immediate and effective,” the president added.

On December 29, 2016, Putin signed a law that expands the grounds for the application by the FSIN by physical force, special equipment and firearms. In May 2015, a document, called the "Law of Sadists", entered the government to the State Duma .

The "Law of Sadists" caused a sharp criticism of the human rights community . On October 21, 2015, when considering a document in the first reading of the Communist Party faction and “Just Russia”, the document was not supported .

By December 14, the second reading in the document was made some adjustments that limit the rights of the FSINESS. In addition, the law provides for the need for "urgent provision" of medical care to prisoners who injured as a result of the actions of the FSINESS.

It was also stipulated that power can be applied only "in exceptional cases when non -illegal methods are insufficient and/or exhausted." The use of electric shockers in the final edition of the document is allowed only in cases where it is impossible to apply a baton. At the same time, it is forbidden to beat the current in the head, solar plexus, genitals and in the area of ​​the heart.

Finally, the law included a ban on the implementation of knowingly illegal orders and orders. The exemption from liability for harm caused by the prisoner was recognized only if the FSINovets acted lawfully.