Russia promises to install private bathrooms at prisons

The Russian Justice Ministry has signed an order aimed to improve the conditions of detention at pre-trial detention facilities and prisons in the country. The document is published on the ministry’s website.

The order establishes new rules that must “ensure the rights and legal interests of suspects, defendants and convicts.”

The new rules aim to improve personal hygiene regulations. Pregnant women, women with children, as well as people with disabilities, will be allowed to use the shower daily. The ministry also vows to “ensure privacy when installing bathrooms.”

Besides, prisoners awaiting trial and convicts will be able to use special “information terminals” to get legal information.

The document also includes the possibility of searching suspects, defendants and convicts “without undressing them, with the use of special technical equipment”, the ministry notes.