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.