The delegation focused its attention on Siberia, where it visited places of detention in the Irkutsk and Novosibirsk Regions and the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Places visited included military detention facilities and a penal colony for women; this was the first time that a CPT delegation had examined the treatment of persons held in such places in the Russian Federation. The delegation also reviewed conditions of detention in the largest pre-trial establishment in Moscow, first visited by the CPT in 1998.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Ingrid LYCKE ELLINGSEN, First Vice-President of the CPT (Head of delegation) (Norwegian)
- Zdenek HÁJEK (Czech)
- Aurel KISTRUGA (Moldovan)
- Andres LEHTMETS (Estonian)
- Jagoda POLONCOVÁ (Slovakian)
- Rudolf SCHMUCK (German).
They were assisted by Schack LYSTRUP (Chief Psychiatrist, Drammen Psychiatric Centre, Buskerud Central Hospital, Norway), James McMANUS (Senior Lecturer in Law, Dundee University, United Kingdom) and Jean-Pierre RESTELLINI (Specialist in forensic and internal medicine, Geneva, Switzerland) as well as by Petya NESTOROVA and Borys WÓDZ of the CPT’s Secretariat.
The delegation visited the following places:
Law enforcement establishments
Irkutsk Region
- Temporary holding facility (IVS), Irkutsk
- Sverdlovskyi District Command of Internal Affairs, Irkutsk
- East-Siberian Regional Directorate for Combating Organised Crime (RUBOP), Irkutsk
Krasnoyarsk Territory
- Temporary holding facility (IVS), Kansk
- Temporary holding centre for juvenile offenders, Kansk
- Temporary holding facility (IVS) at the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of Krasnoyarsk Territory, Krasnoyarsk
- Temporary holding facility (IVS) at the Central District Command of Internal Affairs, Krasnoyarsk
- Temporary holding facility (IVS) at the Zheleznodorozhnyi District Command of Internal Affairs, Krasnoyarsk
- Reception and distribution centre for administrative detainees, Krasnoyarsk
Novosibirsk Region
- Temporary holding facility (IVS) No 2, Novosibirsk
- Kirovskyi District Command of Internal Affairs, Novosibirsk
Penitentiary establishments
Moscow City
- Pre-trial establishment (SIZO) No 2 (« Butyrka »)
Irkutsk Region
- Strict regime colony No 3, Irkutsk
- Colony No 11 for women, Bozoy settlement
Krasnoyarsk Territory
- Educational colony for juveniles, Kansk
- Novosibirsk Region
- Strict regime colony No 8, Novosibirsk
Psychiatric establishments
Irkutsk Region
- Regional psychiatric hospital No 1, Irkutsk
Krasnoyarsk Territory
- Territorial psychiatric hospital No 2, Ovsianka (near Divnogorsk)
- Inter-regional secure ward for psychiatric forensic assessment, Krasnoyarsk
Military detention facilities
Novosibirsk Region
- Disciplinary battalion No 40, Novosibirsk
- Garrison "Gauptvachta" (disciplinary unit), Novosibirsk.