In a prison hospital near Saratov, prisoners went on a hunger strike, cut their hands and sewed their mouths shut
In Balashov, Saratov region, in the hospital of the Federal Penitentiary Service No. 3, 27 prisoners went on a hunger strike and mutilated themselves. Interfax was informed about this by the regional department of the agency. The hunger strike, as Komsomolskaya Pravda claimed , citing an unnamed source, began on May 17, and on May 22, “six or seven people sewed their mouths shut, cut their hands and stomachs.” The FSIN added that they also broke the CCTV cameras in the premises.