Operating since the late 18th century, Butyrka prison of Russia has struggled with issues like poor sanitation, lack of medical care, and insufficient food supply. The prison is notoriously known ...

Vladimir Pereverzin was imprisoned for seven years in some of Russia's most notorious jails ... Insider about life in Russian jails and prisons, including details about police interrogations ...

Russian businessman Viktor Bout spent most of his jail term in solitary confinement of Marion, a US prison known as the ... that Viktor Bout was returning to Russia as a result of an agreement ...