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Convicts in correctional colony No. 10 in the Ulyanovsk region went on a hunger strike against compliance with the regime. This was reported to RBC in the press service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Ulyanovsk region.
According to the agency, on February 5, 38 convicts refused to eat in writing. Their refusal, according to the Federal Penitentiary Service, they motivated “dissatisfaction with the detention regime.” The department added that the convicts are serving sentences for committing various grave and especially grave crimes.
In the colony in Vladikavkaz after the riot found knives and telephones
Representatives of the regional prosecutor’s office have already visited the colony. The condition of those who went on hunger strike is assessed as satisfactory. In addition, the UFSIN said that the convicts deliberately damaged property in the cell. The amount of damage is set.
However, by information human rights project Gulagu.net, the convicts went on a hunger strike against torture and humiliation by the administration of the colony. According to human rights activists, the convicts were beaten, their heads were dipped into toilets, and they were threatened with rape. Gulagu.net writes that hundreds of convicts have joined the hunger strike.