At first glance I thought this story was a joke or spoof, but apparently it is true!
A Russian prison is to install sunbeds and mud baths to improve the health of its inmates.
Sergei Telyatnikov, head of Moscow's Butyrka remand prison, said inmates would also be allowed to use Skype to make voice and video calls to relatives.
And he said ultrasound systems would be used to give prisoners health checks.
Russia's prisons have been criticised as being overcrowded and badly managed with poor medical facilities.
Mr Telyatnikov was quoted as telling the Vesti FM radio station: "We are developing additional medical services... and even sunbeds will be put in place."
He said the sunbeds would be installed by the end of the year, but that prisoners would have to apply for permission before using them, and would be charged for doing so.
Butyrka has held several notable figures behind its bars, including writers Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Isaak Babel, and Adolf Hitler's nephew Heinrich.
Article courtesy of www.policeoracle.com
3 comments:
Why on earth do they want to install sunbeds?
What good will that actually do for the prisoners?
They may have done some evil things but they need help, probably a psychiatrist to get themselves sorted out.
Interesting. I have often wondered what the long term effects of very little sunlight have on prisoners. I wonder what the health benefits of the sunbeds are? In any case, I am for the humane treatment of prisoners. My father was a prisoner once.
I wonder if this comment was made on Russia's equivalent of April 1st? It is noted that use of the sunbeds would have to paid for. In Russian prisons, the convicts are not paid for any work they do as they are "repaying society for their crimes." I think someone, somewhere, is having a laugh at this.
To give an example, it was reported that when a Russian team rescued an oil tanker captured by Somali pirates, they agreed to provide a boat for the pirates to leave. Within 5 miles from the ship (and over 10 to shore) the pirates boat disappeared from the radar. The official Russian view was "Oh dear, they must have run into difficulties." It hasd long been said that the words 'benevolent Russian' is an oxymoron.
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