KYRGYZSTAN: CRIMINAL KINGPINS THRIVING IN PRISONS
Inmates say the reason for the prison riots that started on October 19 and led to bloodshed on November 1 is their harsh living conditions. The prisoners complain of starvation and epidemics of infectious diseases, like tuberculosis and AIDS/HIV, in the penitentiaries. However, that seems to be only the life of ordinary convicts. Kyrgyzstan’s prison unrest also revealed that while ordinary inmates are poorly housed and harshly treated, jailed criminal kingpins have amenities and power.
Situation in prisons of Kyrgyzstan stabilizing, prisoners hand over forbidden subjects“The situation in all prisons is stabilizing,” - Sergey Sidorov, the press-secretary of Senior Penitentiary Department (SPD) at Justice Ministry told AKIpress today.
As he said, now search is carried out in several prisons. “The usual schedule of prisoners containing – they are led out and checked, i.e. searched. Prisoners hand over the forbidden subjects: cut and thrust subjects, fixture, cell phones, handicraft knifes,” – Sidorov said.
The press-secretary assured that all actions are carried out in frameworks of the law. “Everything will be in frameworks of the law, there is no speech about force actions. Other case, if they render resistance, the measures will be taken,” – Sidorov declared.
"The age of excess is over. The age of entropy has begun"