Deputies did not support the proposal to notify relatives of convicts about transfer

In St. Petersburg, the deputies of the Legislative Assembly did not support the proposal to notify the relatives of the convicts about the transfer of the latter. about it . writes Fontanka

to amend the penal code of the Russian Federation proposed Boris Vishnevsky from the Yabloko party . The proposed amendments assumed that the administration of the colony or pre-trial detention center from which a prisoner is transferred should inform relatives about the place of transfer within three days. In the same period, the prisoner's relatives must be notified by the colony to which he arrived. It was also proposed to establish a period of stay in transit points - no more than 14 days.

According to Fontanka, according to the deputies of the United Russia party, "the bill is out of touch with reality." They pointed out that it was not said how to proceed in cases where the conditions of the amendments could not be met. Also, the party considered that the project may not suit the authorities responsible for the execution of sentences.

11 out of 50 deputies voted for the amendments.

• One of the components of imprisonment in Russia is transportation, that is, the delivery of a prisoner from one place to another, primarily from a pre-trial detention center to a colony. The FSIN system is already quite closed from external observation, but this closeness is especially characteristic of escorting. Often this process takes place in almost complete obscurity: neither the relatives of the person being transported nor the lawyer know where he is for a long time.