A court in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on May 25 sentenced five inmates to prison terms between 10 years and 11 years for torturing and raping other inmates at the warden's order, one of a spate of similar cases. Earlier in May, another court in Irkutsk handed five-year prison terms to three other inmates for torturing an inmate in a detention center at the guards' request. In February, the warden and two guards of a penal colony in Irkutsk were sentenced to five years each for their involvement in torturing an inmate. The goal was to force inmates to confess to organizing a prison riot in 2020. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities, click here.
Siberian Court Hands Additional Terms To Inmates Who Raped Other Prisoners At Warden's Order
The prison in the Siberian city of Irkutsk has seen a spate of incidents this year involving inmates torturing and raping other prisoners.