Krasnodar ecologist Evgeny Vitishko complains to Prosecutor's Office about massive violations of prisoners' rights

Ecologist Evgeny Vitishko has filed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office of the Tambov Region. In his complaint, the ecologist has pointed out to themassive violations ofthe prisoners' rights. This was reported by the pressservice of the "Ecological Watch for Northern Caucasus" (EcoWatch).

In his complaint, Evgeny Vitishko has stated that in the Tambov Region, prisoners of the settlement-colony CP-2 were involved in agricultural works. The ecologist notes that during those agricultural works, the administration of the settlement-colony has committed a number of violations.

In particular, settlement-colony officials failed to observe the daily schedule: the prisoners were brought to work at 7:00 a.m., and they returned from work at about 8:00 p.m. Besides, the place of agricultural works was no supplied with water, and the prisoners were not provided with protective equipment. The administration of the settlement-colony failed to respect the prisoners' rights provided by the Criminal Executive Code of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the "EcoWatch".

The ecologist has also pointed out that law enforcers had failed to undertake actions concerning the incident, which occurred in the settlement-colony on May 20.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on May 22, in his blog in Live Journal, Evgeny Vitishko described a recent search in the settlement-colony, during which staff members of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) beat prisoners with the use of special equipment and then sent them to isolation ward. In connection with the above facts, Evgeny Vitishko has filed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office about the actions of the FSIN staff members.