Several prisoners in the colony of Yekaterinburg cut their hands

This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the region.

“In the correctional colony No. 2 of Yekaterinburg, several convicts defiantly inflicted cuts on their hands,” the source said.

It is specified that as a result of the incident no one was hospitalized. There is no threat to the life and health of these prisoners.

The colony is currently operating normally.

The prosecutor's office and the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Sverdlovsk region conducts an audit on the fact of what happened.

Earlier media reported that in the metalworking shop on the territory of the colony in Tomsk there was a fire in the roof.