A 23-year-old prisoner was found dead in a Solikamsk colony

On October 30, a 23-year-old prisoner was found dead in Solikamsk correctional colony No. 9. This was reported by Komsomolskaya Pravda and 59.ru with reference to the regional department of the Federal Penitentiary Service.

about the death of the prisoner spoke Oksana Asaulenko, a member of the local Public Monitoring Commission, , and the FSIN confirmed this. The department says the man committed suicide.

“The convict had a note with him in which he explained his desire to die. The man had previously been repeatedly convicted of committing serious crimes,” the jailers say.

Prisoners at IK-9 have repeatedly complained of beatings and bullying, and several suicide attempts have been reported. In November 2019, the leadership of the colony was fired after the suicide of a prisoner.