The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case into the death of a convict in the medical unit of correctional colony No. 3, located in the village of Tovarkovo, Kaluga Region. This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee.
IK-3 Gate Kaluga region. Photo: Facebook Commissioner for Human Rights in the Kaluga region Yuri Zelnikov
The body of the deceased prisoner was found in the medical unit on January 22. According to Yury Zelnikov, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Kaluga Region, the man died after being beaten by another convict who entered the medical unit of the institution at night. According to Zelnikov, the perpetrator of the incident is convicted four times.
The press service of the regional Federal Penitentiary Service insists that the conflict occurred because of personal hostility.
The Gulagu.net project claims that the name of the deceased was Mikhail Smirnov, he had cancer. The 34-year-old man, human rights activists say, regularly criticized the head of the colony, Pavel Ryzhenkov, and spoke out against torture and other violations of the law in the correctional facility. According to Gulagu.net, on the night of January 21-22, several prisoners tortured, beat and tried to rape Smirnov. Because of the beatings, he died. Two months remained before the release of the deceased.