Brig once in tsarist Russia was the main destination of the state guard of the army.There it is in every major city.Later, it was used as a place of detention of the military.
History of
In its original meaning guardhouse - is translated from the German "head guard", which is called a temporary military formation.Its sole objective is the protection and defense of military banners, objects of varying degrees of importance.In Russia, Peter the Great after the establishment of the military garrison and commandant appeared and guardhouse, it happened in 1707.It was used in those days to accommodate the guard personnel.
The first building was built guardhouse, as you might guess, at Haymarket Square in St. Petersburg.Later these institutions were placed in the main squares in all major cities.Since the divorce guard has always attracted the attention of the beauty, clarity, graceful movements of soldiers, buildings and placed in the central streets of the cities, and their designs by famous architects and builders.
Later, the Communists used to guard the premises of detention of military personnel.It should be noted that in European countries such an institution as a guardhouse, not at all absent.Basically, as a punishment of the military received only reprimands.
Brig in modern
In 2002, Russia canceled the guardhouse of the emerging conflict with the Constitution.Under the Charter of Garrison and Patrol Services Armed Forces of Russia, the arrest of a suspect soldier could impose a regimental commander, not a judicial body.This is contrary to the fundamental law of the state.
Five years later, the institute returned to the Russian armed forces.It was formed two of his kind: and troop garrison guardhouse.To date, the Russian Federation has fifteen of these institutions.In 2013, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu signed a decree brig and returned to the capital, where the latter was closed in 2008.
grounds placed under arrest
In 2006, according to Vladimir Putin accepted the law of the place of the guilty military was again picked guardhouse.It is a disciplinary arrest, the decision on the imposition of which can only take the court martial.The grounds for detention in the guardhouse for reasons such recovery may be unauthorized abandonment of a military unit, the violations in the handling of military weapons, and finding the line of duty in the alcohol or drugs.The content of the guardhouse may last a maximum of 45 days.
addition to serving a disciplinary punishment, the institution may be other categories of prisoners.In some cases, provided a military court, guardhouse - this time the contents of suspected or accused soldiers.For example, if the court has postponed a decision on remand, the defendant may be in a place of temporary residence within three days.If it is not possible to bring the accused to the detention center due to various reasons, the residence time may be delayed up to a month.
Conditions of stay
Content soldiers in the guardhouse is also controlled by the rules of international law and the Russian Constitution, which is to prevent torture and other ill-treatment, which can lead to degradation of human dignity.Those arrested may be in single and in shared cells.This is taken into custody as a result of a disciplinary sanction military always arranged separately from the others.
well as the principles of a separate detention officers during the arrest of senior and junior formulations, conscripts and contract.
