An employee of the Diocesan Department for Prison Ministry visited pre-trial detention center No. 5 and correctional colony No. 2 in Rostov-on-Dontranslated

On October 19, 2026, an employee of the Diocesan Department for Prison Ministry, Priest Andrei Mnatsaganov, as part of the Public Monitoring Commission of the Rostov Region (POC), visited pre-trial detention center No. 5 and correctional colony No. 2 of Rostov-on-Don.

In pretrial detention center No. 5, members of the commission received citizens under investigation based on applications received by the PSC of the Rostov region from relatives and legal representatives. They also checked the quality of food and conducted a social conversation with convicts from the economic detachment who were preparing for release within a year. They were told about the professions in demand on the labor market, the conditions for registering with the employment center (EC) and answered their questions. There were no complaints about conditions of detention during the inspection.

In correctional colony No. 2, members of the POC met with the head of the institution, visited a detachment with strict conditions of detention (SUS), a punishment cell (punishment cell), cell-type premises (PKT), as well as a detachment of newly arrived convicts in quarantine. During the inspection of the conditions of detention and the legality of the stay of convicts in conditions of strict detention also took place...