Russian pretrial detention centers will now be able to order medications online.
In seven Russian Federal Penitentiary Service pre-trial detention centers Launched service online ordering of medications for prisoners, TASS reports, citing the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Alexandra RosinaThrough this service, relatives will be able to order medications for prisoners based on a doctor's prescription.
The service is currently running in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 and Pre-trial Detention Center No. 6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service. Moscow, IK-1 and IK-6 GUFSIN Moscow area, IK-5 UFSIN Ivanovskaya area, Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service The Republic Mari E, Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service Tverskaya area.
In Russian prisons and pretrial detention centers, medications are only available in parcels, with a limited number of monthly deliveries. Meanwhile, those often imprisoned are those with medical conditions or whose health deteriorates in prison. For example, a Tomsk journalist Igor Kuznetsov, suffering from hypertension and diabetes, has repeatedly remained without medication.
Today, we will improve the conditions of detention in pre-trial detention centers. proposed and the head of the Ministry of Justice Konstantin Chuychenko . "In particular, we could discuss food standards and material and living conditions <…>. Of course, a pretrial detention center can't be turned into a five-star hotel. But it shouldn't be a gloomy prison either." — the Minister of Justice believes, insisting on creating conditions of detention that do not degrade human dignity. According to him, achieving the goals of humanization directly depends on this.