The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the draft amendments to the Internal Rules of Penal Institutions on public discussion.
Under the proposal, convicted persons and their relatives would be able to purchase permitted food, clothing and other items through information kiosks installed inside penal institutions, as well as through external electronic platforms, including websites and mobile applications.
Items exceeding the permitted quantity or weight limits would be stored in the institution's warehouse. Prisoners would be able to request items from storage when needed.
Penal institutions would be responsible for ensuring that purchased goods comply with the approved list and technical requirements, including rules on packaging.
The proposed changes also include separate provisions for people serving sentences in settlement colonies. Restrictions on the weight and quantity of goods they can purchase and keep, including monthly limits, would no longer apply to them.
The draft also sets out a list of food, goods and other items that prisoners would be permitted to purchase and keep.
The list includes bread and other flour-based products, pasta and spaghetti, salted and smoked fish, cheese and butter, biscuits, wafers, chocolate, sweets and traditional confectionery, tea and coffee, fresh fruit and vegetables, nuts and dried fruit, canned meat, fish and vegetables, ketchup, mayonnaise and other sauces, condensed milk, kurt, instant noodles and soups, as well as drinking and carbonated water, soft drinks and other beverages.
All permitted goods would have to meet the requirements set out for their type and packaging.
