Mordovian Zone Explained

Mordovian Zone
Status:Operational
Capacity:1005
Population:160
Opened:1931
Managed By:Federal Penitentiary Service
Governor:Aleksandr Shavkun
City:Sosnovka
State:Mordovia
Country:Russia

Federal Governmental Institution — penal colony No. 1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Republic of Mordovia, also known as the Mordovian Zone (Russian: Мордовская зона, Mordovskaya zona) is a Russian prison located in the settlement of Sosnovka in Mordovia.[1] It is one of the seven maximum-security supermax prisons operated by the Federal Penitentiary Service for convicts sentenced to life imprisonment in Russia. Both life prisoners and prisoners sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment serve their sentences in the Mordovian Zone.[2]

Notable inmates

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ КАЗЕННОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ «ИСПРАВИТЕЛЬНАЯ КОЛОНИЯ №1 УФСИН РОССИИ ПО РЕСПУБЛИКЕ МОРДОВИЯ». Official Site of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service in the Republic of Mordovia.
  2. Book: Merkacheva, E. M.. Град обречённых: честный репортаж о семи колониях для пожизненно осуждённых (City of the doomed: an honest report on seven colonies for life-sentenced prisoners). Alpina. 2021. 426. 978-5-9614-7363-6.