A pre-trial detention center employee forced the parents of prisoners to pay for the repair of buildings

For this, he promised to improve the living conditions of prisoners

The senior inspector of the economic department of the capital’s pre-trial detention center No. 7 in Kapotny forced the prisoners’ parents to pay for the repairs of the prison premises. It seemed fair to the major that he would receive a certain profit for improving the living conditions of prisoners. However, the leadership of the Federal Penitentiary Service did not appreciate his efforts – the business executive was exposed and sent to jail.

As MK learned, at least two cases of bribes being received from criminals by a detention center employee have been established. The pre-trial detention center in Kapotnya is different in that it is also used as a prison. Those who are sentenced to short terms for minor crimes serve their sentences there – they are employed in household work. In particular, a man convicted of fraud worked in a construction team from March 2021 to August 2022. He suffered from an intervertebral hernia, so he willingly agreed to the major’s proposal – he eases the conditions of the prisoner’s detention, and in return, the grateful relatives of the swindler purchase everything necessary to repair the pre-trial detention center. We talked about installing bathrooms, decorating the premises, and even building new buildings. The convict’s parents were forced to agree. Soon they began to go to shops and markets as if they were going to work: the major constantly demanded a hammer drill, a drill, or nails. An employee of the household department was picking up goods at meetings near the Borisovsky shopping center in the south of Moscow. At the same time, he asked to give the checks, which he then provided to the accounting department of the pre-trial detention center. But soon the officer’s appetites increased and went beyond the official. For example, at his request, the convict’s parents bought the man a laptop – however, he quickly broke it. We also bought gardening equipment, which was definitely not needed in the pre-trial detention center, but would be very useful to an employee at the dacha. When Muscovites begged that they couldn’t go shopping so often, the major suggested simply transferring money to a web wallet. He disposed of these amounts at his own discretion. In total, the briber received about 112 thousand rubles. It is interesting that the fraudster did not feel any significant improvement in his conditions of stay. On the contrary, when relatives refused to engage in procurement, the bribe-taker, in retaliation, sent the prisoner to unload bags of flour, and his hernia worsened again. Products and household chemicals that the parents asked to give to their son also did not reach him.

Relationships with another prisoner were built according to a similar pattern. But he was luckier: the major, in exchange for construction materials, regularly passed on orders from home to the criminal. These were not only food or hygiene products, but also, for example, a flash drive with recordings of musical hits and movies.

As a result, the pre-trial detention center employee was charged with abuse of power, fraud, and bribery. The Lublin court sentenced him to 2 years in prison with a 2-year ban on holding positions in the penal system.