FKU IK-3, Kharp
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| Coordinates | 66°49′07″N 65°47′44″E / 66.81861°N 65.79556°E |
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| Status | Operational |
| Opened | 21 August 1961 |
| Managed by | Federal Penitentiary Service |
| City | Kharp |
| State/province | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
| Country | Russia |
FKU IK-3[nb 1] of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,[1] also known as Polar Wolf, is a men’s maximum security corrective colony located in the village of Kharp in the Priuralsky District in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. It has an occupancy limit of 1,085 people.[1] (1,050 by another source).[2]
History
The colony was founded on 21 August 1961 on the former camp unit of the 501st Gulag construction site.[1][2] It was initially known as “YATs-34/3”.
In 1964, the first residential buildings for convicts, a medical unit, a boiler room, a bathhouse, a laundry, a dormitory for the colony-settlement section, and a central checkpoint building were built. From 1966 to July 1970, the convicts worked in quarries, loading sand and gravel for filling the railway track. In 1964, the first permanent building was built in the village. In 1966, a canteen, then buildings, a headquarters building and a fire station were built. The first batch of especially dangerous convicted repeat offenders[2] was brought to the colony in 1967.
In 1971, warehouses, an icehouse, and shelters to garage the institution’s equipment were built. Since 1985, IK-3 has been actively developing. The convicts held there were employed in manufacture at minimum wage. In 1999, the Temple of St. Sergius of Radonezh was opened, built by convicts.
In 1998, reform of the penal system began, and responsibility for the institution moved from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Ministry of Justice. In 1999, the institution came under the direct control of the Department of Execution of Punishments for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. It was renamed from “YATs-34/3” to “Institution OG-98/3”.
In 2002, a section for general regime prisoners was created in the institution. In July 2006, a high-security section was opened in the colony in converted residential buildings No. 4, 5 and 6. In November 2006, a colony-settlement section was opened. In October 2010, general and strict regime sections were ended, and convicts from these sections were sent to serve their sentences in other regions.
In 2004, the institution was renamed to “FGU IK-3 Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug”. Since June 2008, it has been known as “FGU IK-3 Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug”.
Notable prisoners
- Platon Lebedev served 8 years in IK-3 in the YUKOS case.[3]
- Alexei Navalny was imprisoned in IK-3 from December 2023 until his death on 16 February 2024.[4][3][5][6]
See also
- Polar Owl - another penal colony in the village of Kharp
- Prisons in Russia
Notes
- ^ 'FKU' stands for Federal Governmental Institution ("federalnoye kazyonnoye uchrezhdeniye") and IK stands for Corrective Colony ("ispravitelnaya koloniya")
References
- ^ a b c "ФКУ ИК-3; 629420 Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ Приуральский район поселок Харп ул. Гагарина 1 A" [FKU IK-3; 629420 Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Priuralsky district village Kharp st. Gagarina 1 A]. fkurf.ru. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "Jailed Russian Municipal Deputy Located at Prison Hospital After 2-Week Absence (The Moscow Times)". The Moscow Times. 25 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Алексея Навального отправили в колонию «Полярный волк»" [Alexei Navalny was sent to the Polar Wolf colony]. РБК (in Russian). 25 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Навального нашли в исправительной колонии на Ямале" [Navalny was found in a correctional colony in Yamal]. BBC News Русская служба (in Russian). 25 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Alexei Navalny: 'Don't worry about me!' Putin critic says from Arctic prison". 25 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny dies, says prison service". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-02-16.