Russian prison service
| Federal Penitentiary Service | |
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| Abbreviation | FSIN |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | March 12, 1879 as Main Prisons Directorate |
| Employees | 338,500 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency | Russia |
| Federal agency | Russia |
| Governing body | Ministry of Justice (Russia) |
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| Headquarters | Zhitnaya 14, Moscow |
| Agency executive | Gennady Kornienko, Director |
| Parent agency | Russian Ministry of Justice |
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Coordinates: 55°43′53″N 37°36′42″E / 55.73139°N 37.61167°E
Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN of Russia, in Russian: Федеральная служба исполнения наказаний, ФСИН России Federalnaya Sluzhba Ispolneniya Nakazaniy, FSIN Rossii "Russian Federal Service of punishment fulfillment") - is the official name of the Russian federal prison authority responsible for security and maintenance of prisons in Russia. The organization was founded in 2004 as the successor to the Main Directorate of the Penitentiary (Главное управление исполнения наказаний, ГУИН) of the MVD, which has been transferred to the Ministry of Justice.
Its head office is in Yakimanka District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. Since June 2012 Gennady Kornienko is the head of the service.
The first body that was dealing with maintenance and security of detention and prison facilities in Russian Empire was the Main Prison Administration of the Russian Interior Ministry which was first established on February 27, 1879.
On December 13, 1895 the Department was part of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire, and in April 1917 the prison system become to the Main Administration Penalties Sites (GUMZ). On 25 December 1917, the Prisons Administration was organized and in January 1918 became to the prisons directorate.
In April 7, 1930 the Gulag was established, which existed until 1958.
In 1960, the Main Administration for Execution of Punishments(GUIN) was born under the Soviet Interior Ministry.
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