Penal camp IK-14
The penal colony IK-14 ( Russian Исправительная колония № 14 УФСИН России по Республике Мордовия ) is a detention center in the settlement Parza close Jawas , Subowo-Polyansky rayon , to the west of the Republic of Mordovia , Russia . It is located about 370 km in a straight line south-east of Moscow and 30 km north of Rajon center Subowa Polyana .
The beginnings of the institution go back to the 1930s. There is forced labor . Police uniforms are produced in the institution, whereby shifts of up to 12 hours and weekend work are the rule to meet labor standards. According to their own statements, the detainees earn between 300 and 500 rubles per month for this. The director of the institution is currently (2013) Alexander Kulagin, his deputy is Yuri Kuprijanow.
Nadezhda Andreevna Tolokonnikowa , a member of the band Pussy Riot , was incarcerated in the camp from autumn 2012 to November 2013. She went on a hunger strike on September 23, 2013 because of the general conditions of detention (working conditions and times, sleep deprivation, sentences, poor hygiene, death threats) .
Members of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council confirmed Tolokonnikova's allegations after a visit in September 2013. In addition to the harsh working conditions, there is also violence among inmates, which has already led to serious injuries and one death.
Individual evidence
- ↑ BBC News - Russian women's prison camps: An ex-inmate's account
- ↑ Pussy Riot: Nadeschda's martyrdom in the Russian penal camp. In: The world. September 25, 2013.
- ↑ Pussy Riot member starts hunger strike over prison conditions. In: The Guardian. 23rd September 2013.
- ↑ Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova: Why I have gone on hunger strike. In: The Guardian. 23rd September 2013.
- ↑ Russian Human Rights Council Confirms Tolokonnikova's Claims at Penal Colony . Voiceproject.org, September 28, 2013.
Coordinates: 54 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ N , 42 ° 51 ′ 41 ″ E