Irkutsk GUFSIN employees to face trial for beating prisoners
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On 21 May, Irkutsk investigators transferred a criminal case to court against five GUFSIN employees suspected of beating prisoners
On 21 May, Irkutsk investigators transferred a criminal case to court against five GUFSIN (Main Directorate of the Penitentiary Service) employees suspected of beating prisoners.
The criminal case was initiated back in December of last year under the article for abuse of office. During the investigation, it was established that security service employees and operational officers of the colony’s search department used physical force against six prisoners. The maximum punishment for such a crime is imprisonment for up to four years, notes the ‘Siberian News Agency’.