Riot in the colony in Vladikavkaz suppressed – FSIN

The revolt in the Vladikavkaz colony has been suppressed, and the situation is stable. About it reported in FSIN.

“There are no victims either among the employees or among the convicts,” the ministry’s press bureau said.

They noted that a commission of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia headed by Deputy Director Rustam Stepanenko flew to the region to establish the reasons and circumstances of the incident.

On the eve it became known that in North Ossetia convicts raised a riot in correctional colony No. 1 in Vladikavkaz. According to various sources, from 200 to 600 people participated in the riots.

According to preliminary data, the riot was preceded by a conflict on the territory of the industrial zone, allegedly due to the disagreement of the convicts to observe the regime established in the colony. They smashed surveillance cameras and internal doors on the premises of the penitentiary.