In Nizhny Tagil, the prosecutor's office conducts a check on the fact of the hunger strike of 14 prisoners in "Correctional Facility No. 5". The reason for refusing to eat food in the canteen was that convicts called disagreement with the regime of serving punishment in the colony. According to the Sverdlovsk Prosecutor's Office, prisoners require relaxation of the regime, as well as organizing meetings with their friends.
"To date, 14 convicts of the above-mentioned penitentiary have refused to eat in the canteen of the correctional institution in accordance with the daily routine. In order to find out the reasons for what happened on July 20, the first deputy prosecutor of the Sverdlovsk region Vladimir Malenkikh, the staff of the apparatus and the specialized prosecutor's office went to the penal colony to talk with the prisoners, "the supervisory agency noted..
A thorough check is organized for all received appeals.