“A check has been appointed upon the publication on the Internet of information about alleged cases of the use of physical force against suspects, accused held in pre-trial detention center -1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region,” the message on the website of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia on St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.
It is noted that in case of confirmation of the information, the verification materials will be sent to the investigating authorities for a procedural decision.
The head of the press service of the Federal Penitentiary Service, internal service major Olga Konchakovskaya, in a conversation with Channel Five, said that representatives of the office of the Commissioner for Human Rights of St. Petersburg and the PMC have regularly visited Kresty since the beginning of 2019.
“There hasn’t been a statement about the use of physical force against suspects, accused detained in pre-trial detention facilities,” she added.
On July 17, the UFSIN began testing after the publication of a new video of torture of prisoners in the Yaroslavl colony.