Were Convicts Beaten in Volnyansk Colony?
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On 3 June, a consolidated unit entered VIK-20 and brutally beat the convicts in the disciplinary isolation ward and the cell-type facility.
According to information requiring confirmation, on 3 June 2008, the majority of convicts at VIK-20 (Volnyansk, Zaporizhzhia region) were beaten by the consolidated unit of the State Department of Ukraine for Execution of Punishments in the Zaporizhzhia region. The convicts in the disciplinary isolation ward (DIZO) and the cell-type facility (PKT) were beaten with particular brutality. In protest, 12 people in the DIZO and PKT cut their veins, and another 26 people declared a hunger strike.
If the “Prison Portal” receives official information regarding this event, it will be posted on the portal immediately.