Gregory's Server17/ He was himself tortured with electric shocks, a form of waterboarding, and being beaten on the soles of his feet. According to Bisultanov, prison employees induce 'activists' to torture other prisoners in exchange for vacations, packages from home, and other privileges.
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19/ "They will leave you alone only when you turn into a sissy [i.e. are raped and become untouchable, other than for further sexual abuse] or decide to commit suicide. Vagrants, thieves, A.U.E. [youth gang members] are taken to Omsk to simply break them. As they say, if you are 'sharpened' [come to the attention of the authorities], then they will send you to Omsk to the meat grinder." 20/ According to prisoner rights campaigner Olga Romanova, prisoners who have served time in Omsk say that "the entire system in Omsk is aimed specifically at restructuring the human psyche. This is not re-education, but the destruction of human dignity." 21/ Muslim prisoners are treated with particular brutality. In response, many have become radicalised, joined 'prison jamaats' [Islamic prayer groups], and sworn allegiance to ISIS. Two jamaats recently staged bloody uprisings in Russian penal colonies. 22/ Many non-Muslim prisoners have chosen to go to war rather than live with unending torture and degradation. Romanova says that "roughly, about 45% of all prisoners [from IK-6 and IK-7] were taken to war. They are taking more, and people are going, because it is unbearable to be there. In war, it is better than in the Omsk zone. It is a chance to avoid torture." 23/ "I want to say that in many colonies torture stopped during the war: you can’t spoil goods for the Ministry of Defence. But in Omsk, nothing has stopped." /end Source:  @ChrisO_wiki I mean I knew that russia tortures people. But I didn't think they do it to "normal" prisoners, too. |
18/ Bisultanov asked visiting officials why torture was used. One told him that the purpose of torture "is to make a person learn the expression “permit me to run.” That is, so that he would fulfill any demand of the administration at a run, without thinking whether it is legal or not. However, from the neighboring cells you hear that they torture those who already say “permit me to run.” Torture no longer changes anything, but they still torture you."