Within the past century, many changes have taken place in the Russian criminal justice system. The former socialist republic system during the 1920's, the communist era, was manipulated and dominated by a harsh communist party. Prison life at the time was under socialist regime and it was based on punishment and hard labor. The justice system was founded on the concept of gaining profit from the hard labor of convicted prisoners and the primary goal was to cause prisoners "hardship and suffering." The basic elements of the system at this time, including the code of criminal procedure, otherwise known as the body of rules governing the investigation of crimes, the treatment of the suspects, and the conduct of trials served the interests
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Another trafficking problem is arms trafficking. Corruption among the armed forces following the disintegration of the Soviet Union was a problem. There were a large number of unregistered firearms and military equipment was being sold illegally. A relatively new criminal problem in Russia is that of poaching, The economic problems of the country have turned people to poaching. Again, after the fall of the Soviet Union, unemployment, poverty, inflation, shortage of food all had a major impact on the demand for wildlife. Among the top poached animals are bear. Bear are killed and bear parts are sold to Asian markets. Another animal in grave danger of poaching in Russia is the Snow …show more content…
The Black Dolphin Prison is one of the oldest prisons in Russia and one of the first prisons for life sentences. Inmates are kept isolated and housed in a cell that has a set of three steel doors. For 90 minutes a day they are transported to a larger cell for exercise time. During this time, the cell is searched for contraband or illegal items that inmates are not permitted to have. Prisoners at Black Dolphin are kept under 24 hour supervision; they are not permitted to rest or sit on their bunks from the time they are awoken until it is time to sleep again. Every 15 minutes, a guard makes rounds to check on each cell to ensure inmates are complying with the rules. The prisoners are fed soup four times a day. There are over 900 officers in the Federal Penitentiary System. Today there are over 880,000 prisoners in
Another trafficking problem is arms trafficking. Corruption among the armed forces following the disintegration of the Soviet Union was a problem. There were a large number of unregistered firearms and military equipment was being sold illegally. A relatively new criminal problem in Russia is that of poaching, The economic problems of the country have turned people to poaching. Again, after the fall of the Soviet Union, unemployment, poverty, inflation, shortage of food all had a major impact on the demand for wildlife. Among the top poached animals are bear. Bear are killed and bear parts are sold to Asian markets. Another animal in grave danger of poaching in Russia is the Snow …show more content…
The Black Dolphin Prison is one of the oldest prisons in Russia and one of the first prisons for life sentences. Inmates are kept isolated and housed in a cell that has a set of three steel doors. For 90 minutes a day they are transported to a larger cell for exercise time. During this time, the cell is searched for contraband or illegal items that inmates are not permitted to have. Prisoners at Black Dolphin are kept under 24 hour supervision; they are not permitted to rest or sit on their bunks from the time they are awoken until it is time to sleep again. Every 15 minutes, a guard makes rounds to check on each cell to ensure inmates are complying with the rules. The prisoners are fed soup four times a day. There are over 900 officers in the Federal Penitentiary System. Today there are over 880,000 prisoners in