"Convict Relief Fund"

"Russia Behind Bars" ("Rus Sidyashchaya") consists of lawyers, attorneys, journalists, economists, and former prisoners. In its work, the foundation helps political prisoners, victims of contract cases, and those who want to rehabilitate. "Russia Behind Bars" provides defense in courts, helps to write complaints, teaches how to properly talk to investigators and other law enforcement officers, and how to make transfers to pre-trial detention centers and colonies. Only in the second half of 2020, the foundation helped to organize around 3,061 legal consultations, two groups of psychological assistance, and send 505 parcels. Every month, "Russia Behind Bars" conducts free courses of the "School of Public Defender" (SHOZ), where it tells about the rights and duties of citizens, as well as how they should behave with police officers.