Correctional colony IK-2 in Pokrov is closing, the process of its liquidation has already begun and will take about a year, reported the publication "Chesnok" with reference to the regional FSIN.
Prisoners serving sentences in the Pokrov colony will be transferred to other correctional facilities in the Vladimir region.
In IK-2 from February 2021 to June 2022, Alexei Navalny served his term. Upon arrival at the colony, Navalny said that the Russian prison system managed to surprise him. "I couldn't imagine that a real concentration camp could be set up 100 km from Moscow," wrote the politician.
In the same colony, part of the term was served by political prisoner municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov, who said that it was "cold, there were no blankets, letters did not arrive," and the head of the colony offered Gorinov to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense and go to war in Ukraine.
At different times, nationalist Dmitry Demushkin and civil activist Konstantin Kotov were in Pokrov. Demushkin called the colony in Pokrov the toughest in Russia "in terms of breaking people." And Kotov insisted that although formally it is a general regime colony, in fact, the regime there is strict. His lawyer Maria Eismont called the colony "very red," noting that everything in it is aimed at making a person feel completely dependent on the administration.
IK-2 is intended for those sentenced to imprisonment for the first time. It can hold a total of 971 prisoners. They are divided into 16 units: 10 with normal conditions, 1 with eased conditions, 2 with strict conditions, 1 with the right to move without an escort, and 2 quarantine units, writes "Chesnok."
* Included in the list of "terrorists and extremists."
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