In Chelyabinsk prisoners staged a “campaign of disobedience” – BBC Russian

In Chelyabinsk prisoners staged a "campaign of disobedience" – BBC Russian

• December 9, 2014

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In the media reported that in the Chelyabinsk jail-1 stopped feeding arrested and turned off the heating, however, in FSIN refute these rep orts

Federal Penitentiary Service said that about a hundred prisoners on Tuesday night staged a “campaign of disobedience administration” in SIZO- 1 Chelyabinsk region

Earlier, the media reported that in the Chelyabinsk jail-1 stopped feeding arrested and turned off the heating, but in the FPS refute these messages.

According to the FSIN, the prisoners protest started after one of the prisoners, which agency staff found a cell phone, refused to leave the cell and “urged the other prisoners-harm”.

Late in the night, “lost sight of the convicted person”, his neighbors from another camera began to knock on the door, pour water into the hall and set fire to mattresses of wool, the press service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia’s Chelyabinsk region.

“As a result, they were supported by about 100 people (30 cameras). Eight people in different cells caused himself minor cuts forearms. All received immediate medical care. Special means and physical force is not applied to prisoners. There are no victims, “- said the agency.

Turn off heating

At present the territory jail cordoned off by police at the detention center were about 20 people – presumably, relatives of the prisoners. At the scene left the prosecutor of the Chelyabinsk region Alexander Wojtowicz, Head of Research Affairs of Russia’s Chelyabinsk region Andrey Sergeyev and acting head of regional management FSIN Sergey Shumsky.

The riots in jail-1, according to human rights activists, began over the weekend. Chelyabinsk media with reference to human rights defenders wrote that prisoners have ceased to feed, provide medicines and disconnected the heating chambers. In GUFSIN denied this information, adding that heating really is temporarily disabled, but because of an accident.

According to the ministry, in the morning on December 7 there was a sharp jump in coolant pressure, which is why in one area heating main a crack and leak. For repair work was suspended on December 8 heat supply in jail for a few hours.

According to the BBC Russian Service Public Monitoring Commission Chairman Alexander Jurin, to him shortly before the protests in jail came emails from relatives of prisoners with complaints about conditions of detention, food and medical care convicted.

According to human rights activists in jail over the weekend there was a fight between two groups of prisoners, in which they tried to defend their status in the criminal world.