Moscow: Inmates jailed in Moscow can now have chocolates, games and other gifts delivered straight to their cells with purchases made by family or friends via a new online store, the head of the city's prisons said on Sunday.
Viktor Dezhurov, head of the Moscow branch of the Federal Prison Service, said the new Internet shop had proved highly popular in a month since opening, averaging 180 orders per day.
"Inmates' relatives go to our website...Our employees then fill out the order and deliver it to the jail cells within three days," he said.
In addition to a wide range of food products — including fresh fruit and nine different types of cheese — the web shop offers relatives a chance to send a copy of the Bible, the Quran or the Russian criminal code to loved ones locked in isolation.
While 21 sorts of cigarettes are available, alcohol is not. The online store, currently serving pre-trial detention centres, helps "save time and money", it boasts on its website www.sizomag.ru.
