Three leaders of maximum security colony No. 19, located in the village of Markova near Irkutsk, from where four prisoners escaped last May, have been fired, the press service of the Irkutsk Region Prosecutor's Office reported yesterday. “Based on the results of an investigation into the reasons and conditions that contributed to the escape, carried out by the prosecutor’s office, three managers, including the head and deputy head of the correctional colony, were dismissed from the penal system,” the statement says. In addition, 29 employees of IK-19 and the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Irkutsk region were brought to strict disciplinary liability. In April, the Irkutsk District Court sentenced all four participants in the escape. Organizer Vladimir Avdeev was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison. “Taking into account the punishment not served by the regional court’s verdict of August 1, 2006, he will have to spend 18 years in a maximum security colony,” the report notes. Konstantin Pavlovets and Yuri Prokhorov were each sentenced to two years and six months; According to the totality of sentences, the first will have to spend four years and six months in prison, the second - 12 years and six months. Alexander Rybakov was sentenced to three years in prison; he will spend 10 years in prison. “All of them were found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 313 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (escape from a place of deprivation of liberty committed by an organized group), and Rybakov under Part 1 of Art. 222 of the Russian Federation (illegal carrying of weapons),” the press service clarifies.

Four dangerous criminals escaped from colony No. 19 in the village of Markova, Irkutsk region, on the night of May 18, 2013. IK-19 officers noticed their absence only during the morning check. The prisoners made a 36 m long tunnel at a depth of 2.5 m from the territory of the industrial zone of the institution. Preparations for the escape took 2.5 months. Three of the fugitives were convicted of the group murder of guest workers in 2005 in the village of Moskovshchina near Irkutsk. The fourth, youngest, Konstantin Pavlovets - for robbery.

Interfax

The leaders of the colony near Irkutsk were fired for the escape of four criminals