This was stated by the head of the Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the organization of the execution of sentences not related to isolation from society, Elena Korobkova.

“The issue of legislative consolidation of the possibility of holding court hearings with the participation of the suspect, the accused, in respect of which a preventive measure in the form of house arrest by using video-conferencing,” TASS quoted her, is being worked out.

Earlier, FSIN Deputy Director Valery Maksimenko in an interview with Gazeta.Ru commented on the situation with mobile communications in prisons.