MOSCOW, 15 Sep. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation protected the right of prisoners in the same colony to correspond with each other, it follows from the definition of the judicial collegium for administrative cases. life imprisonment. Then the administration stopped the correspondence — the head of the colony referred to the instruction, according to which the inspectors are obliged not to allow the establishment of communication and contacts between the convicts held in different cells.
The operators were offered to give three days to turn off the numbers of prisoners.The prisoner went to court, which sided with him. But the appeal overturned this decision, and it reached the RF Armed Forces. «The legislation of the Russian Federation does not contain a ban on correspondence between convicts, including those serving a life sentence, held in one correctional institution.» may prohibit prisoners from texting, but the decision must be motivated and not based solely on discretion. At the same time, the court indicated that the colony did not provide evidence confirming that the ban was caused by the purpose of ensuring the safety, health of the convicts themselves, staff, and preventing the possible planning of new crimes. within the framework of the censorship of correspondence, «the court pointed out. As a result, he upheld the decision of the first instance court, which allowed the correspondence, canceling all subsequent ones.
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