From childhood we are taught that evil must be punished. And where should evil be served its punishment? In prison, of course. And in comparison with Russian prisons, many foreign penitentiary institutions seem to be a resort. Don't believe me? Then take a look at the worst prisons in Russia.
10. Sailor's Silence
This place has a long history of correction, dating back to 1775, from the moment of construction of a restraining house for the "pretentious" - petty thieves and swindlers. Then it was renamed the Moscow Correctional Prison and additional buildings were erected to hold prisoners.
In 1918, on the basis of the prison, a correctional institution for minors called the Reformer was created, and later they began to keep tuberculosis patients in it.
Matrosskaya Tishina began to perform its functions as a place of residence for adult criminals in 1946. At various times, the Soviet party elite, and Russian oligarchs, such as Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Sergei Polonsky, and the nationwide swindler Sergei Mavrodi, and well-known figures in the criminal world, such as the killer Alexander Solonik and thief in law Yaponchik (Vyacheslav Ivankov).
9. Yelets "krytka"
In the beginning, this prison, built in 1592, didn't even have any prison cells. The prisoners were placed in earthen pits covered with wooden planks. The wooden prison appeared in Yelets, presumably in 1763, and the stone one - much later, in the 19th century.
Many political exiles, including Druzhinin, Kamenitsky and Chigirinsky, passed through the Yeletskaya "krytka". Bunin mentioned this institution in his books.
They did not stand on ceremony with the prisoners in the Yeletsk prison. For the slightest offense, the prisoners were placed alone without food or water, and severely beaten.
Now, of course, prisoners are not treated like that. However, the conditions of detention in Yelets prison remain among the harshest, which is not surprising given the local contingent. About 80% of prisoners are imprisoned for murder, robbery and rape.
According to unofficial information, there are frequent cases of beatings and other types of violence against prisoners in the Yeletskaya "krytka". And there were several attempts at suicide by prisoners who could not stand the abuse.
8. Butyrskaya prison
Butyrka is the largest prison in Moscow and one of the oldest prisons in Russia. It was founded during the reign of Catherine II, like the Vladimir Central, by the way. Once, Butyrskaya prison was the central transit point for those who went to Siberia. And in the period from 1937 to 1938, up to 20 thousand people were kept in Butyrka, many of whom were shot.
But the fame of Butyrka prison is connected not so much with the date of construction and the number of prisoners, as with the personalities of those who happened to sit in it (and this is Emelyan Pugachev, Osip Mandelstam, Nestor Makhno, Sergey Korolev, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, etc.) and frequent mention in the literature, movies and music.
Even today, prisoners are kept in poorly ventilated, stuffy and small rooms, and prisoners have to sleep in 2 or even 3-4 shifts, depending on the number of prisoners in the cells.
7. Vologda penny
The institution, once known as the Cyril-Novoyezersky monastery for men, and then as a prison for "enemies of the revolution", is now one of the few Russian special regime colonies for life-sentenced prisoners - pedophiles, murderers, etc.
Every day, their cells are searched, and after waking up and filling the bed, prisoners cannot sit or lie down on it during the day.
Given the specifics of the place, many prisoners tell about mystical cases that take place within the walls of the Vologda penny. For example, that they were angels, saints, the souls of murdered people and even the spirit of Vasily Shukshin, who once visited the prison for the filming of the film "Kalina Krasnaya".
6. Lefortovo prison
The most closed of the Russian prisons was originally a military prison, which held people convicted of minor transgressions.
During the Great Terror, the NKVD used the prison as an interrogation and torture facility. And from 1954 to 1991, she served as a pre-trial detention center of the KGB of the USSR, where many dissidents, for example, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, visited.
Now Lefortovo prison has become a pre-trial detention center, where journalists are not allowed, where there are no excursions and no museum, unlike most other prisons on this list. Here, those under investigation are awaiting trial. The Lefortovo prison held the "ex-hope of Ukraine" Nadezhda Savchenko and Svetlana Davydova, suspected of high treason in favor of Ukraine.
A unique feature of the Lefortovo prison is the absence of an internal hierarchy and problems with the delivery of alcohol and drugs. This was achieved due to the fact that those arrested from different cells do not contact each other.
5. White swan
This name was given to the prison unofficially. The most popular version of its origin is associated with the posture of inmates who move along the corridors of the correctional institution leaning forward at an angle of 90 degrees and with their arms brought back.
Sitting in the "White Swan" people sentenced to life imprisonment. They are allowed to receive letters from relatives after ten years of imprisonment.
4. Black eagle
In the wilderness of the Urals there is another colony with a bird name, in which, until recently, either long-term or life-sentenced persons - maniacs, murderers and rapists - served their time.
Due to the harsh conditions of detention, many prisoners from the “Black Golden Eagle” went crazy after 10 years in prison.
The prison was closed in 2018 due to constant complaints about poor sanitation and unprofitable detention, but its future has yet to be determined. Perhaps, the frightening "Black Eagle" will be turned into a tourist attraction for those who want to tickle their nerves. This is perhaps the best way out for residents of nearby villages, because there is simply no other job there.
3. Vladimirsky central
The prison for especially dangerous criminals, sung in the songs of Mikhail Krug, has long been distinguished by harsh conditions of detention. It is said that there was not a single successful escape from it.
In the 20th and 21st centuries, such famous prisoners as the German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus, the singer Lydia Ruslanova, the Berlin commandant Helmut Weidling and the famous Stalinist "wolfhound" Pavel Sudoplatov visited the Vladimir Central.
The most dangerous prisoners who have nothing to lose are kept in a special block under the most strict control. Such prisoners walk along the corridors under a reinforced escort, and their cells are opened in the presence of a dog handler with a dog and an assistant to the head of the prison on duty. However, such conditions - consider that greenhouse, in comparison with the worst prison in the world.
2. Polar owl
This colony for life-sentenced prisoners, located in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, was opened back in 1961. Its first "guests" laid the Trans-Siberian Railway for the country.
In 2004, "Polar Owl" received the status of a place where especially dangerous criminals will serve life sentences. Little is known about what is happening outside the walls of this prison, but from time to time there are loud scandals associated with it.
So, in 2014, an officer of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Yuri Sandrykin, was convicted, who in 2010 was engaged in beating confessions from prisoners, having managed to get 190 confessions. Moreover, the cases were high-profile, such as the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the first president of Chechnya Akhmat Kadyrov and the Magadan governor Valentin Tsvetkov.
Those who refused to take the blame were subjected to mental, physical, and even sexual abuse.
1. Black dolphin
The video of the worst prison in Russia may not convey the fear and despair of those who find themselves in it forever. They do not leave the "Black Dolphin", this place is intended for the real "scum of society" - cannibals, terrorists, serial killers, etc.
The prisoners are monitored around the clock, and they move along the corridors in handcuffs, under escort. When moving from corps to corps, the prisoner is blindfolded so that he cannot remember the prison plan.
Given such stringent security measures, it is not surprising that no one has ever escaped from the Black Dolphin.
In this prison, their sentences are being served: the maniac Vladimir Mukhankin, who killed 8 people, the rapist and murderer Vadim Ershov, whose victims were 19 people, the terrorist Tamarlan Aliev, who blew up a house in Makhachkala, and many other dangerous criminals.
Just don't confuse prisons with zones and pre-trial detention centers.
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