BRYANSK. March 28 (Interfax) - The conflict in the Klintsovskaya colony in Russia's Bryansk region, following which 23 inmates cut their forearms and went on a hunger strike, "occurred due to hostile relations between two inmates from different units," the Federal Penitentiary Service department for the Bryansk region posted a statement on its website on Thursday.
The situation in the correctional facility is currently calm, the document said.
"Members of the public monitoring committee of the Bryansk region Nikolai Karakotin and Alexander Bogomaz visited correctional colony No. 6. The visit of the public monitoring committee representatives to the colony was related to information reported by a number of Internet media outlets on beatings and even torture of inmates, which allegedly took place in the colony. During the visit they met with prisoners regarding personal issues. Public representatives have not found any signs of beatings, not to mention torture, against inmates," the statement said.
A committee including administration employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service department for the Bryansk region is working in the detention facility. The situation in the colony is calm and stable.
It has been reported citing a source in the Bryansk region human rights circles that 29 inmates of the Klintsovskaya colony No. 6 slashed their veins on early March 25.