Former head of the Saratov prison hospital arrested for two months

The chief of OTB-1 accused of organizing sexual violence was arrested for two months

region Pavel Gatsenko, accused of organizing sexual violence, was arrested for two months. This was announced on Friday, November 26, to Lente.ru in the Volzhsky District Court, where the hearing on the election of a measure of restraint was held behind closed doors.

Colonel of the Internal Service Gatsenko is accused of involvement in sexual assault. Similar charges were brought against the head of the security department, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service Sergei Maltsev. Commenting on this case, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation stated that 12 criminal cases of rape, extortion, abuse of office were initiated and are being investigated on the facts of torture in OTB-1 of the Saratov region.

Earlier it was reported that the resignation of the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Alexander Kalashnikov resulted in incidents of torture in colonies and pre-trial detention centers that received a wide public response. In early October, the Gulagu.net project received over 40 gigabytes of video files from the Federal Penitentiary Service, which depicted the rape and abuse of prisoners.

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