Revolt of colony prisoners prevented in Astrakhan Region

Employees of the Department of the Federal Service for Punishment Enforcement (known as UFSIN) for the Astrakhan Region and militiamen have prevented mass disorders with participation of prisoners and their relatives in the local high security corrective colony No. 2.

Let us note here that earlier the Astrakhan Region was the leader among Russian regions by the number of prisoners' runaways.

"On Monday in the evening, 25 prisoners, kept in the punitive confinement (dungeon), made an attempt to cut their veins in protest against violence applied by prison staff," said Alexei Taptykov, head of the press service of the UFSIN for the Astrakhan Region.

He reported that on that very day, over 120 prisoners' relatives rallied at the gate of the colony, demanding to let their representatives into its territory. Militiamen of public safety, who arrived to the place of the incident, hustled them away from the building of the colony administration.

The press service of the UFSIN explained that on the eve of the events a search was conducted in the colony, during which self-made knives and cellular telephones were confiscated from prisoners; and this was the reason of mass unrests.

"Besides, the new colony bosses started pursuing a tougher policy and set in the rules, which should be in force in the high security colony," the "Interfax" quotes Alexei Taptykov.

Now, the Regional Prosecutor's Office has already finished analyzing the incident in the colony and revealed no violations in the actions of its employees, the "Gazeta.Ru" notes.