To obtain permission to visit, a convicted person or a person wishing to meet with him must submit a visit application to the correctional institution.
Those sentenced to imprisonment have the right to visits (Part 1 of Article 89 of the Penal Code of the Russian Federation
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Convicts may be granted, at their choice, short-term visits and long-term visits on the territory of a correctional institution (hereinafter also referred to as the correctional institution). In some cases, convicts may be granted long-term visits with accommodation outside the correctional facility.
Duration of the date
A short-term visit to the IC cannot exceed four hours. This period of time can be reduced at the request of the prisoner himself or his visitors. To do this, they just need to tell the warden about their desire to interrupt the meeting. The remaining time will not be saved and the convicted person and his relatives will not be able to use it additionally during the next meeting.
Employees of the colony administration can also interrupt a meeting, but only if the rules of its conduct are violated by the convict and his visitors.
Who can come for a short date?
The law does not limit the right to visit prisoners only to their relatives. Friends and acquaintances of the prisoner can come on a date. It does not matter what regime the convicted person is serving his sentence under. There are no restrictions on the degree of relationship for visitors, even for prisoners in high-security prisons.
The only limitation concerns the number of guests. No more than two adult visitors may participate in a short-term visit in prison at a time. Children or grandchildren can come with them, but their number must be agreed with the prison administration (according to paragraph 70 of Order No. 295 of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation).
Date with a lawyer
The law allows meetings of a defendant or convicted person with his lawyer and other legal representatives. Although in this case we are also talking about short-term dates, they are not subject to a 4-hour time limit.
The number of meetings with a lawyer is also unlimited. The prisoner has the right to conduct them at any time when the visiting room is free.
Article 89 of the Penal Code of the Russian Federation defines the right of a convicted person and his defense attorney to talk without listening to them and outside the hearing range of third parties.
Procedure for granting visits
According to Art. 89 of the Penal Code of the Russian Federation, the procedure for meetings with prisoners is as follows:
- Short-term ones last 4 hours, long-term ones – up to 3 days. The place where they are held is the territory of the PS.
- Persons serving a sentence may, in exceptional cases, hold meetings for up to 5 days outside the correctional facility. This possibility is considered individually; the place and procedure are determined by the administration of the prison or colony.
- During short-term visits with relatives and third parties, a representative of the PS will be present.
- A long visit can be replaced by a short-term meeting or a telephone conversation upon the written request of the convicted person.
- The lawyer has the right to any number of meetings with the client (each lasting up to 4 hours). Colonial staff are not present at the meeting, meaning the convicted person has the right to maintain confidentiality of information.
During long visits from relatives, convicts are released from correctional labor.
The administration may reduce the duration of meetings in case of violation of the established procedure, at the request of the convicted person or the person arriving for the meeting, or when special conditions are introduced into the penal colony regime.
Combining and separating dates is strictly prohibited. Only two adults are allowed to attend the meeting.
You cannot bring food or things during short-term visits, but you can combine a visit with a transfer.
