Earlier it became known that six out of 11 convicted in this case were released in the courtroom, since they had already served the terms assigned to them while in custody.

In addition, two accused in the torture case in Colony No. 1 in Yaroslavl were acquitted.

“We intend to appeal against the verdict, not only to the administration of the colony.

The terms are too soft, ”TASS quoted Biryukova as saying.

In 2018, several criminal cases were opened after a video of the brutal beating of prisoner Yevgeny Makarov in IK-1 in Yaroslavl appeared in the media. 

13 ex-employees of the institution appeared before the court. So, the former deputy head of the operational department, Sergei Efremov, was sentenced to four years in prison.