Bashkir Federal Penitentiary Service about the riot in IK-2: the conflict is over, the prisoners have dispersed

The situation in the maximum security colony in Salavat has been resolved, the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Bashkiria told Interfax.

“The conflict is over. The situation in the colony was resolved by persuasion. All the convicts returned to their places. About 40 convicts were received at a personal reception by the prosecutor of Bashkiria Andrei Nazarov and the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Viktor Shalygin,” noted a representative of the department.

Previously, the Investigative Committee opened criminal cases under Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (calls for mass riots) and Part 1 of Art. 321 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (disorganization of the activities of institutions that ensure isolation from society).

“According to the investigation, on the morning of May 10, 2015, in the maximum security correctional colony IK-2 in the city of Salavat, where convicts who have committed serious and especially serious crimes are kept, an action of group disobedience of convicts took place. More than 100 convicts refused to comply with the legal demands of the administration. About 20 convicts, having beaten 11 activists who were observing the regime, barricaded themselves in the premises of one of the detachments. The protesters demanded a relaxation of regime requirements. 6 people beaten by rioting prisoners were hospitalized,” says the website of the Bashkir Investigative Committee.

Two years ago, radical protests already took place at this colony; in order to avoid rape and abuse, prisoners pierced themselves with pieces of reinforcement.