How prisoners live in Siberian prisons (26 photos)

I bring to your attention an interesting photo report about how prisoners live in Siberian prisons, and we will begin our excursion from maximum security penal colony No. 17. Read and look further.

The main industry in the maximum security colony is woodworking

The prisoners here work in the woodworking shop,

They make simple furniture: bedside tables and stools. Krasnoyarsk region, May 14, 2013

There is also a metalworking shop in the colony that produces chain-link mesh,

nails, forged products, aluminum smelting

After work in the workshops, prisoners are searched

Delivery of lunches to cells in a maximum security colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, May 14, 2013

No frills food

The colony also has a laundry and a sewing workshop that produces work clothes

Prisoners on a walk

Bath and laundry complex in a maximum security colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, May 14, 2013.

Wash your hands before eating.

Queue for lunch in the cafeteria.

First, second, drink and spoon. There are no forks in prison.

Temporary quarters for newly arrived prisoners.

The maximum security colony has its own church. Krasnoyarsk region, May 14, 2013.

This is another correctional colony No. 5 in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, April 30, 2013.

Prisoner Boris Kovalev, 32 years old, was sentenced to 8 years for drug trafficking.

He was released on May 10, 2013 two and a half years early for good behavior.

Prisoner Boris Kovalev a few days before his release.

Preparing for a talent competition. Maximum security colony, Krasnoyarsk region, April 30, 2013.

Prisoner Boris Kovalev a few days before his release.

Received a letter from my wife, April 20, 2013.

Day of early release, May 10, 2013. Boris Kovalev leaves the prison walls in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Free. Boris Kovalev, released early for good behavior.

He is greeted by his wife (on the right). Krasnoyarsk region, May 10, 2013.