Kaliningrad: The colony officers were convicted due to the torture of the prisoner

In the Kaliningrad region, the court sentenced two employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) to the conditional terms due to the beating of a searches in the room.

The investigation was accused of colony No. 7 from the city of Gvardeysk of the fact that in 2017 they beat the convict in the search room in the search room, who refused a personal search.

The colony officers did not admit their guilt, saying that they were forced to apply "special means and struggle techniques", since the prisoner had resisted and cursed obscenities.

The court condemned each accused for three years conditionally for abuse of office. During the decision, the judge took into account that the FSIN employees positively characterizes the leadership of the colony, and the defendants have minor children.

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Another thing about torture in colony No. 7 of the Kaliningrad region was initiated in 2017 after numerous complaints of prisoners against torture. The colony officers were accused of beating eight convicts. According to investigators, prisoners were beaten for 10 months.