Rostec proposed digitalization of the correctional system

The project, according to the idea of ​​the FSIN and Rostec, should help  strengthen the security of prisoners, use them more effectively

labor, reduce corruption, help trackspecial transport and prisoners, coordinate the production and economic activities of correctional institutions, as well as “minimize the manipulation of NPOs with information about the conditions of convicts and detainees,” the letter says.

According to the document, Rostec plans to create a GIS FSIN, acting as the sole supplier.

A letter of suggestions was sent to the President of the Russian FederationVladimir Putin, Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov and FSIN director Alexander Kalashnikov. There is a visa on the letter instructing Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to consider the proposals. At Rostec, these intentions were confirmed, but noted that they had not yet received a reaction to the letter.

The authors of the appeal asked to allocate 5.8 billion rubles to the system.

A number of human rights activists and experts believe that one of the goals of the centralized digitalization of the FSIN is to prevent leakage of information about torture in the colonies.

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