Thursday 4 December 2014 Tatyana Gavrilova was convicted of murder in 1999. On her release from prison she spoke to MediaZona, a partner in the Guardian’s New East network, about ongoing abuse inside the country’s notorious penal system – and her determination to fight for the rights of inmates.
Tatyana Gavrilova: ‘I’ve been told many times that I’d never be released’. Photograph: Artyom Ho/MediaZona
Thursday 4 December 2014
In 1999, 20-year-old Tatyana Gavrilova was convicted of murder by the Russian courts. She spent the next 16 years in various institutions. On 9 September this year she was released from the IK-2 women’s prison in Mordovia and went straight to Moscow, taking with her a documented account of her treatment at the hands of prison authorities.
'Violence Breeds Violence' One Woman's Story of 16 Years Inside a Russian Jail by Thavam Ratna
'Violence Breeds Violence' One Woman's Story of 16 Years Inside a Russian Jail by Thavam Ratna
