The Federal Penitentiary Service for the Volgograd Region organized a check of the video recording in which a convict is beaten in one of the colonies. As explained in the department, the recording was made in 2019.
On the eve, local news agencies circulated a recording in which warders beat a prisoner. The video was allegedly recorded in one of the colonies in the Volgograd region.
The Regional Office of the Federal Penitentiary Service commented on the appearance of the publication.
– The video was made in 2019, physical force was used against the convict for refusing to comply with the legal requirements of the employees, – the department said on the official website of the Federal Penitentiary Service.
An additional check will be carried out upon the distribution of the video.