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There are 37 item(s) tagged with the keyword "prison".

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1. Hired to Fight, Jailed Back Home

Central Asian migrants recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine may face prison at home.

Tags: central asia, prison, russia file, military, international relations, war
2. Artists in Custody

Russia currently has 42 "cultural" figures who are political prisoners and another 176 on their way to becoming the same.

Tags: political prisoners, gulag, prison, artists, actors, dissent
3. Hospitals of No Return

Psychiatric imprisonment did not end with the Soviet Union. It has a new lien on Russian lives.

Tags: dissent, prison, psychiatry
4. Hell Behind Bars for a Teenager

A 14-year-old Russian girl accused of terrorism spent almost a year in a pretrial detention center, where she was beaten and subjected to sexual violence.

Tags: prison, children, law, russia file
5. More Money for Penal Colonies

Russian authorities have sharply increased the budget for the Federal Penitentiary Service, despite previous plans to cut it.

Tags: economy, regions, russia file, prison, government
6. Hostages of the System

Psychologists in Russian prisons fail to support inmates and staff.

Tags: law, russia file, political prisoners, prison
7. Left Behind

The remarkable prisoner swap this past week is only the tip of the iceberg.

Tags: prison, political prisoners, dissidents
8. Innocent Until Drafted

Russia is now recruiting criminal suspects into the military.

Tags: draft, prison, military, war in ukraine, crime
9. A Rough Draft

Russia's Ministry of Defense is moving to allow the drafting of prisoners.

Tags: soldiers, prison, war in ukraine
10. Navalny, Lexiconvict

The Russian Supreme Court upholds a Kafkaesque ban on Navalny using prison slang.

Tags: navalny, prison, protest

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