The writer Yevgeny Grishkovets demanded harsh punishments for torture in prisons, the newspaper Podyom reports.

The writer, who entered the Public Council of the Federal Penitentiary Service, noted that he knew the FSIN firsthand and had been in a strict regime colony. “I treat torture like any normal person - like horror. This must be eradicated. Everyone who participated in this should be punished. If people are convicted of grave crimes, this does not mean that they can be mocked, ”he shared, adding that the penitentiary system should not indulge sadism and inhuman treatment of a person. “What happened in the Saratov region requires a thorough, deep and open investigation. Torture should be punished with harshness, ”he said.

In early October, the human rights project Gulagu.net published footage of the rape and beatings of prisoners, which took place at once in several correctional institutions throughout the country. In total, the human rights project received more than 100 video files from the Federal Penitentiary Service, confirming the systemic nature of torture in the colonies and pre-trial detention centers of the Irkutsk, Vladimir and Saratov regions. In December, the project showed recordings of torture from the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

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