Issue No. 27-2011. Content

The first section, “Social Punishment”, opens with penitentiary system statistics as of 1 November 2011, followed by the “Legal Training” feature in which Yuri Aleksandrov comments on the latest amendments to legislation regulating the judiciary, law enforcement and executive power. Then comes Igor Kholodyakov and Gennady Tarnakin’s story “The Voice of the Prison Camp”, in which the main character, G. Tarnakin, an inmate of a juvenile penal colony, gets enchanted by the beautiful world of poetry. That is followed by A. Petrenko’s description of everyday life in a penal colony for women. Yuri Vdovin’s article “Independence, Liberty and Corruption” conveys the author’s impressions from a visit to a remand prison in Baltimore, MD. Next comes Prof. Yuri Baranov’s analysis “Sick Persons in Penitentiaries”, followed by chronicles of the Prisoner Rights Defence Foundation about developments and incidents in correctional facilities, and an anthology of foreign media reports about prison life in different countries of the world. In his story “Maxim Petelin’s Case: How to Become a Racketeer”, Alexander Zimbovsky describes a typical judicial case. This is followed by Alex D. Epstein’s analysis of how counter-terrorism legislation can be turned into an instrument of violence and repression. Lev Levinson reviews the latest amendments to criminal legislation. The section closes with Natalya Malykhina’s notes about her work as a juror.

The section “Behind the Wall” features Ivan Markelov’s notes “From Prison to Psychiatric Clinic” and stories by Alexander Avgust describing the author’s personal experience of staying in a psycho-isolation prison cell.

The section “Sit and Read” features masterly sketches “Life After Prison Camp” by Alexander Khnykov and a brilliant story entitled “Metamorphoses” by prisoner Eduard Mikhailov.

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