Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Rioting Prisoners Burn Down Former Khodorkovsky Jail

A fire at penitentiary No. 10 in the city of Krasnokamensk, Trans-Baikal Territory, was torched by a group of convicts. Former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky was jailed at that prison. Reported reasons for the prisoners' protest include human rights violations by prison authorities and the use of hardened criminals to enforce prison discipline. The local prosecutor's office reported that the fire gutted all living quarters, several administrative buildings and auxiliary premises, but that there were no casualties among guards and other service personnel. All the inmates (around 1,000) were lined up on inspection grounds. They were issued winter clothing, some were given breakfast, some were moved to remaining buildings, and some to send some to other prisons.
http://www.lenta.ru/articles/2011/04/18/colony/
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=16161071
http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=332171 (video)





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