This was reported by Olga Kozlova, spokeswoman for the Yaroslavl Regional Court.

“A criminal case has been filed with the Zavolzhsky District Court of Yaroslavl against 14 former employees of the PKU IK-1 UFSIN of Russia in the Yaroslavl Region. They are accused of committing crimes ... abuse of power, "TASS quoted her as saying.

In the indicated case there are 54 volumes. The date of the first meeting has not yet been determined. It is expected that the court will work in a visiting mode.

Earlier, a court in Yaroslavl sentenced two employees of correctional colony No. 1 (IK-1) in the case of beating prisoners.

In 2018, several criminal cases were instituted after the appearance in the media of a video of severely beating a prisoner of the Yaroslavl colony Yevgeny Makarov.