Several hundred prisoners staged a riot in correctional colony No. 1 in Vladikavkaz on Friday, October 15th. According to the sources of the Telegram channel Baza, the prisoners smashed the surveillance cameras and internal doors in the colony, and then set fire to several buildings.
The reason for the riots, according to the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), was the planned searches in the cells of punishment cells, during which two convicts refused to obey the demands of the officers and provoked other prisoners.
The incident began with a conflict between two prisoners and employees of the colony, writes Baza. After that, riots broke out on the territory of the institution. According to the interlocutor of the TASS agency, the riot is taking place in the industrial zone where the prisoners work.
Additional forces were drawn to the colony from all over the region. The interlocutor of the Interfax news agency noted that various options for suppressing the riot, including the use of force, are being worked out. The agency reports that there are victims. The victims were also reported on the Vladikavkaz News Telegram channel.
Commissioner for Human Rights in North Ossetia met with prisoners
Ombudsman for human rights in North Ossetia Tamerlan Tsgoev met with the convicts and discussed the possibilities of resolving the conflict. “I gave the operational headquarters the options that they voiced. We will control this situation. According to my information, there are no victims,” Tsgoev said.
The conditions of detention could have been the cause of the conflict.
The buildings that the rioters set on fire are strict containment barracks, Baza said. Strict conditions of detention are an additional punishment. She is appointed by the administration of the colony for prisoners serving sentences appointed by the court in closed institutions. It is these barracks that are locked, prisoners cannot move freely around the territory of the colony, the guards are tougher, Baza reports.
The conditions of detention of the prisoners and the attitude of the colony staff towards them could provoke a riot, the interlocutor told Interfax. “There are reports from relatives, the essence of which boils down to one thing: in the past few months, the conditions of detention in the colony have changed for the worse. This applies to the regime, and checks, and the conditions of transfers, and visits. All this information will be verified during the investigation of the incident.” , – said the interlocutor of the agency.
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