At the Prison of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Ulyanovsk Region in Dimitrovgrad, warders punish Muslim prisoners from the republics of the North Caucasus and other regions for writing complaints about beatings, bullying and inadequate conditions of detention. They are shaved, insulted on religious and ethnic grounds, beaten and prevented from praying. This is reported by the human rights project "Civil Assistance".

Prisoners complain that they are sent to the ShIZO and beaten for far-fetched reasons - for example, because their legs were not well apart during the search. Doctors refuse to record the beatings and injuries inflicted by the prison staff. The cells are damp, mold, cockroaches. If prisoners write complaints about the terrible conditions of detention, they are punished by the prison staff.

“Once Muslims were taken to a bathhouse where beard trimmers and attachments are kept. They were broken so that we could not cut our beards according to the rules. The guards demanded that we cut our hair and beards to zero with clippers without nozzles,” Civic Assistance quoted one of the prisoners as saying. Later, the man, according to him, was beaten.

In addition, according to Civic Assistance, prison officials deliberately prevent Muslims from praying: they turn on loud music or the radio, take away prayer mats, and conduct searches during prayer hours. One of the prisoners also said that the guards call Muslims "terrorists", "extremists" and "murderers".