In the middle of the XIX century, Gomel, according to historians, received the status of a county town. Soon, a prison was built on Remeslennaya Street, which today is known as pre-trial detention center No. 3. In Gomel, when these territories belonged to the Russian Empire, there was a prison castle on the site of this institution. Today there is pre-trial detention center No. 3. Information about the history of pre-trial detention center No. 3 in Gomel, photos of the prison are presented in this article.
How was it in prison at the very beginning?
According to experts, the Gomel prison castle was originally intended to contain thieves, robbers, murderers, arsonists and scammers. They also determined violent in prison. Initially, in Gomel in pre-trial detention center No. 3 there were very harsh, almost medieval conditions of detention. The institution’s management often used hand and foot shackles to pacify prisoners. Particularly guilty flogged. Despite the fact that the sentences were handed down by the highest royal court, the castle had its own law established by the prisoners themselves. According to historians, a prisoner could have been killed by a note sent from any other prison castle. In addition, each "man" had to pay thieves for using the latrine. If the prisoner could not do this, he was killed. The same laws were in force in other prisons. For example, in Butyrka three prisoners were killed every day.
Prison for the “Political”
With the advent of factories and educational institutions in the city, workers showed an interest in politics. Since some citizens had disagreements with the tsarist regime on this basis, the latter were often arrested. Among the rest of the prison public sitting for criminal offenses, such convicts were called "political". According to historians, this category of prison administration prisoners was more troublesome than an ordinary criminal element. Political prisoners lived in prison as a close-knit organization, separate from other communities.
This category of convicts was guided by its code of honor. For example, when visiting the prison authorities, the prisoners did not rise. There was a strong confrontation between the political and the administration. Frequent hunger strikes organized by this category of convicts were brutally suppressed through punishment and beatings. Among the “political” in the prison there was its own separate group, which was represented by the communist anarchists - the most militant and implacable terrorists and expropriators. According to experts, while in the Gomel prison, they found a way to support each other financially. Under pressure from the anarchists, local entrepreneurs had to make “donations,” thanks to which the prison was regularly supplied with groceries. According to historians, this activity prompted the idea of a "common fund" in the Gomel prison castle.
Our days
Today, pre-trial detention center No. 3 in Gomel is a pre-trial detention center. The institution is subordinate to the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Department of the Execution of Sentences) Previously, the prison was located on Crafts Street, which was later renamed Book. Address of pre-trial detention center No. 3: Gomel, st. Book, d.1a. Today, a prison with expanded infrastructure - the pre-trial detention center has replenished with a new building, which, most likely, was erected by "its specialist" - a convicted engineer.
Prisoners in this prison are guarded by their own unit, Hawk. This organization is a freelance. Ordinary employees serve after special training. Prison special forces are involved in the Storm, Volcano and Thunderstorm exercises with the military, police and the Ministry of Emergencies.
About dates
In pre-trial detention center No. 3, you can visit a prisoner or send him a transfer from Tuesday to Saturday. This should be done from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. From one o'clock to two - lunch time. Dates are short-term and in two shifts. Previously, the administration of the detention center should be granted permission, which is issued by the investigator or judge. In addition, you need to have with you a statement (in duplicate) and a passport.
Judging by the reviews, it is better to arrive at the SIZO No. 3 in Gomel by 6 a.m. There will already be a live queue in the isolator. Then you should sign up for registration, which starts at 8:00. After half an hour, prisoners are shown on the list. Only 9 cabins are provided in the isolator. The first shift ends at 12 o’clock. Then comes the turn of the second shift, which should also be registered. Thus, a date lasts no more than three hours.
What is allowed for transfers?
Twice a month, a prisoner may receive transmissions from the will. According to eyewitnesses, the visitor will not have too much red tape if he puts everything in a transparent bag. Cabbage, honey, greens, milk powder and toilet paper are things that are forbidden to be transferred. If there is a desire to treat the sider with meat products, they should first be cut into several pieces. This requirement applies to cheeses. Therefore, cheese products must be solid. One prisoner per month is allowed to receive only 30 kg as a transfer. A car shop comes to the territory of pre-trial detention center No. 3 in Gomel twice a month. If the prisoner has money, he can buy toilet paper, juices, mineral water and tea in it.