Coverage of the activities of the judicial chambers of the Russian empire and the bodies of the prison office on the pages of the Journal of the Ministry of Justice

The article examines the «Journal of the Ministry of Justice» as a source for the study of the judicial authorities and the bodies of the prison department of the Russian empire in the second half of the 19th and early 20th century. This journal played a significant role in the preparation and implementation of judicial reform in the country, placing, in particular, legislation, orders of the Ministry of Justice, materials of judicial practice, scientific articles. The magazine reflected the political course and attitude of the autocracy towards the reform of the judicial and prison departments.