A photographer showed how the prisoners are preparing for Easter.
Yesterday, April 29, in St. Sophia the penal colony №55 held an open Day. Look at the conditions in which prisoners live, came to their relatives and journalists. In the colony serve sentence prisoners, TB patients, those who already had a criminal record and sentenced to life in prison.
The prison tour was conducted by the chief of a colony Sergey Pronin. The guests were shown the dining room, where vengeance is preparing for Easter: the prisoners baked cakes and painted eggs, which will become part of the festive menu. Reporters also saw one of the locations where convicts reside, the plot of quarantine, diagnostics and distribution of prisoners, the local Church and the club, the living conditions of lifers and rooms for long visits.
The prisoners, serving a life sentence, since three months is allowed visits from close relatives lasting up to three days. For this purpose in a colony room with a modern kitchen and a spacious bedroom.
At the moment St. Sophia in the colony serving time 700 prisoners, of which 71 are sentenced to life in prison.
