"Some kind of concentration camp." A prisoner in the Ivanovo penal colony with amputated arms was denied release.
To begin with, a disabled person of group 1, armless Alexandra Zanedinova convicted of drug stashes on 7 years, now he can't get a release for formal reasons: the absence of limbs is not included in the list of illnesses that prevent him from serving a sentence. His story said Olga, in MK Eva Mercacheva.
The 37-year-old prisoner serves his sentence like this: he laps food from a bowl like a dog and takes a shower once every three months when his common-law wife comes to visit. Christina: she washes him and treats the body for suppurations that form due to dirt.
He lost his arms at age 13: after a football match, a clash with fans of the opposing team led to Alexander being thrown from a moving commuter train. Parts of his arms were literally severed. He was miraculously saved, but he suffered numerous related injuries, including a lung failure.
— How can a one-armed person make “bookmarks”? — the human rights activist asked Arseny Levinson. - The investigation linked him to an organized group, as if he were the lookout. The members blamed everything on him. Their reasoning, apparently, was: he's clumsy, nothing will happen to him anyway. And the court sentenced him to seven years in a maximum-security penal colony. Disabled people with Group I disabilities aren't usually given such a harsh sentence for non-violent crimes. I think they wanted to make a show trial, to deter others.
A year ago, the prison medical commission concluded that Alexander had no illnesses that would prevent him from serving his sentence. The Ivanovo District Court delivered the same verdict. Prison staff claim that Zenedinov has someone assigned to him to help him with his daily chores. According to Kristina, this is another inmate who brings him food in a bucket. For this, the armless inmate pays him in cigarettes.
"Some kind of inhuman beings work in places of detention, including medical workers. It's like a concentration camp.", - such comments appeared on Merkacheva's Telegram channel.
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