They have the "paws." The Sverdlovsk prosecutor's office is suing the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Penitentiary Service. The reason is concern for the arrested residents.
The legal battle between the law enforcement agencies began last year. The prosecutor's office requiresThe Federal Penitentiary Service is calling on the special detention center on Yelizavetinskoye Highway, where people are serving administrative detention, to clean up the building. The roof is leaking, there's no hot water, the electrical wiring is sparking, and mold is rampant due to inadequate ventilation.
As Vecherniye Vedomosti notes, this has been going on for many years. However, the prosecutor's office only began to act after anti-war picketers, including lawyers, human rights activists, and members of parliament, began being detained in the detention center. Upon release, some of them began filing lawsuits alleging inadequate conditions of detention and win up to 50 thousand rubles as a compensation.
Seeing such a hole in the budget, the prosecutor's office at the end of 2022 demanded The Ministry of Internal Affairs ordered the premises to be put in order. Furthermore, a human rights activist filed a collective complaint about the prison conditions. Vera Mangileva.
The police responded that the building was on the books of the Federal Penitentiary Service, meaning it was the agency responsible for the repairs. Prosecutors were forced to file a lawsuit, which was satisfiedHowever, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) did not begin repairs and attempted to appeal the court's decision. The appeal places all blame on the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was provided the building free of charge and is actually using it.
According to Vera Mangileva, the agency's objections lack any substantive merits. However, they do acknowledge the need for repairs.
«After reading the appeal, I got the impression that the regional Federal Penitentiary Service has its hands full—the department is incapable of either repairing the building or asking for money from the budget for repairs.», - said human rights activist to journalists.
