Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died, the management of the prison in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, where Navalny was serving his sentence in colony No. 3, announced today. According to Russia's Federal Prison Service, Navalny..
There were also such Bulgarians - they could not bear the shackles of their own soul, but in order to live in freedom they had to first win the liberation of their people. Countless heroes left this world all too early with similar desires...
The construction of the prison in the village of Samoranovo (Dupnitsa Municipality) begins. This will be the first prison built in 60 years in Bulgaria. Bulgaria’s Minister of Justice Krum Zarkov will turn the first sod on 19 December...
Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev has ordered inspections of prisons and prison dormitories in 10 Bulgarian cities. The check will focus on whether prohibited items were brought into prisons, as well as on the way home leave was given. The inspectors will..
The union of probation officers, psychologists and social workers in prisons is pushing for an increase in the number of employees who work with prisoners on the front lines . This was announced from Veliko Tarnovo by the BNR correspondent Zdravka..
Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev has proposed that the penalty for causing death on the road after using drugs and alcohol should be 15 to 20 years in prison or life imprisonment and confiscation of the motor vehicle. The proposal has been sent to the..
Shumen District Court sentenced train driver Dimitar Mihnev to 15 years in prison, while assistant driver Radoslav Petkov was sentenced to 10 years in Bulgarian prison for the Hitrino train accident. Convicted train drivers operated the train that..
Two recidivists who escaped yesterday from the Sofia Central Prison have been declared internationally wanted, Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior, Mladen Marinov, has announced. One of the criminals - Vladimir Pelov, had been sentenced to..
Bulgarian caretaker Minister of Justice, Maria Pavlova, has ordered urgent checks in prisons across Bulgaria, covering the organization of work and compliance with procedures, as well as order and discipline. A reason for the inspections became an..
