According to the man, the prisoners are placed in the SHIZA after "ridiculous violations".

So, because of refusal to say hello to a colony employee or an unbuttoned button, a prisoner can spend 50 days in a row in SHIZA.

"And if a prisoner who cooperates with the administration hits someone, he will serve only 10 days, and that is not a fact.

A lot of political prisoners were put in SHIZA before the New Year.

And it was also due to fabricated violations according to the instructions of the head of the colony, Alexander Palchyk," the former prisoner told "Vyasna".

According to him, every morning at SHIZA, the colony's employees pour five liters of chlorine each morning so that the convicts can smoke with it.

"The windows are not closed in any weather, although it will be -30° in the yard"

"The windows are not closed in any weather, even though it will be -30° in the yard.

Convicts cover the windows with a towel - one of the few things that SHIZA has.

Sometimes it comes to the point that you have to hang a rag on the window, which you use to clean the floor in SHIZA, including the snoring," said the man.

He confirmed that Penitentiary No. 1 is considered one of the most brutal:

"Everything is restricted there: from calls to meetings with loved ones."

According to the former prisoner, the administration of the Navapolat colony manipulates economic work.

It is often used to find an opportunity to impose a punishment.

If there is no report on the prisoner, then he is loaded with work:

"They give "park and farm days" in the detachment after the break: in the evening you start cleaning with foam.

They can appoint either one day or five weeks.

They are often assigned to clean the grounds: every day you work in the yard with a broom or shovel.

And you can stay there for an hour, or for a whole day, depending on the weather."

"The head of the Palchyk colony personally beat the convicts"

The ex-prisoner also told human rights defenders that the head of colony No. 1 not only gives orders regarding torture and pressure on prisoners, but also personally uses physical violence against them:

"It is known that Palchyk personally beat the condemned, put them on a stretcher - almost on twine."

During such stretches, the muscles of the legs and ligaments of the prisoners are torn, the knee joints "fly out".