| Federal Penitentiary Service | |
| Abbreviation | FSIN |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1960 / 2004 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency | Russia |
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| Agency executive | Alexandre Reimer, Director |
| Parent agency | Russian Ministry of Justice |
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| www.fsin.su | |
Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN of Russia, in Russian: Федеральная служба исполнения наказаний, ФСИН России "Russian Federal Service for Punishments Executives") - is the official name of the Russian federal prison authority responsible for security and maintenance of prisons and detention facilities in Russia. The organization was founded in 2004 as the successor to the Main Administration Punishments Executives (Главное управление исполнения наказаний ,ГУИН) that existed before.FSIN is part of the Russian Ministry of Justice.
Its head office is in Yakimanka District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. Since 2011 Alexander Reimer is the head of the service.[1]
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The first body that was dealing with maintenance and security of detention and prison facilities in Russian Empire was the Main Prison Administration of the Russian Interior Ministry who was first established on February 27, 1879.
On December 13, 1895 the Department was part of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire,and in April 1917 the prison system system become to the Main Administration Penalties Places (GUMZ). On 25 December 1917, the Prisons Administration was organized and in January 1918 became to the prisons directorate.
In April 7, 1930 the Main Administration and repair labor camps was established (the GULAG), who was existed until 1958.
In 1960, was born the Main Administration for Punishments Executives (GUIN) under the Soviet Interior Ministry. In 2006 the organization became to the Federal Service for Punishments Executives and was placed under the Russian Ministry of Justice.
In 2009,the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appointed Alexander Reimer to head the federal prison system and he was the first citizen who never served before in the arms of the Russian prison, and to be a Director of the Russian prisons systems.
The main tasks of the FSIN are:
The FSIN is headed by the Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, who appointed and dismissed by the President of Russia on the recommendation of the Prime Minister.
The Director is authorized to have six deputies, including one first deputy. Deputies director are appointed and dismissed by the President of the Russia.
The Director of FSIN from 2004 to 2009 was Yuri Kalinin. In August 3, 2009, Alexander Reimer was appointed to the rule of the FSIN head.
The First Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service is Eduard Petrukhin (July 9, 2007, by Presidential Decree №853).
Until 2000, Russia was in first place in the world in the number of prisoners per 1,000 population. However, currently the first place belongs to the United States and Russia after China is in the third place.
Currently in Russia's prisons system is about 1.5 million prisoners.
In 2007, in the first time since 1917 was established the Military Rabbinate of Russia, Rabbi Aharon Gurevich was appointed to the chief military Rabbi, Rabbi Gurevich has served as the chief rabbi of the Russian Federal Prison system and Security forces.