The Federal Security Service has prepared a draft government resolution providing for the integration of pretrial detention centers under its control into the probation system, as well as into measures to prevent child neglect and juvenile delinquency. The text of the document is posted on the official portal for draft regulatory acts.
According to the draft, pretrial detention centers under the jurisdiction of the FSB will be included in the list of organizations interacting with minors and having access to the unified register of persons under probation.
If the initiative is adopted, FSB officers will receive the right to participate in juvenile affairs commissions on equal terms with representatives of the Federal Penitentiary Service and guardianship authorities, and to enter information about adolescents into state information systems, reports the publication "Vedomosti."
The explanatory note to the draft lacks explanations on the necessity of expanding the special service's powers. Lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky, in a comment to "Vedomosti," linked this initiative to the increase in the number of cases being processed by the FSB where the accused are minors.
"Previously, work with adolescents practically did not concern the FSB, since such accused individuals were almost never encountered, but now this is becoming an obvious problem," Agranovsky noted.
Artem Sarkisyan, an advisor at the law firm "Zabeida and Partners," in a conversation with "Vedomosti," pointed out that involving FSB pretrial detention centers in work with minors leads to the concentration of functions in one department. According to him, currently, the tasks of isolation, probation, and prevention are divided between the Federal Penitentiary Service and juvenile affairs commissions, which creates a balanced system: some structures isolate, others accompany, and others monitor.
According to information from the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court, last year, 308 minors were convicted for crimes against public security, and 39 adolescents were convicted for crimes against the constitutional order.
In July, President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing the FSB, starting January 1, 2026, to organize its own pretrial detention centers for holding individuals suspected or accused of criminal offenses.