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Sergey MagnitskiyHand written complaint20 September 2009
About Conditions in Detention in Butyrskaya PrisonProvision of Medical Care
-The medical examination and treatment that was prescribed for me has not been conducted. Numerousrequests to be seen by a doctor have been ignored. I managed to succeed with my request to be seen by adoctor only a month after I requested it. At the same time, I did not receive any medical help regarding theillness I have (palpable
cholecystitis
) and in respect of which earlier doctors in Matrosskaya Tishinaprescribed that I should be medically examined and provided with a schedule of operative treatment. I wasnot given any medical recommendation regarding my illness. The issue about the need to prescribe me adiet was not considered. I was refused medical examination until my transfer to a different prison on theground that there is no ultrasound equipment in Butyrskaya prison. Regarding the schedule of operativetreatment, I was told that I will be able to do it when I am released.
Participation in Court Hearings
-is associated with the cruel treatment and degrades human dignity. On days when court hearings are held, Iam taken from the cell at 7:00 and am brought back not earlier than 23:00. Hot food on those days is notprovided.I am taken to the court in a car where 17-18 people can be placed in a detainee transportation compartmentof less than 4 square meters, and kept in that car for several hours. Detainees that arrive from the courthearings are not taken to their cells, and instead can be kept for several hours in collection cells. After eachvisit to the court, one has to spend at least 1-2 hours in one of those cells where there are no windows, noforced ventilation, no drinking water, and no properly functioning toilet. The collection cell is about 20-22square meters, and about 70 people can be placed in it at the same time, including many smokers, so itbecomes practically impossible to breathe.
Sanitary and Hygienic Terms
–are simply disgusting.There is no hot water in the cells despite the existence of hot water supply systems. When I complainedabout this matter, it only led to the worsening of detention conditions.There are 1.7-2.7 square meters available per person in the cells where I was kept.The toilet in all cells is in the form of a hole in the floor, and in most cells it is not separated from the rest of the cell. In most cases, beds of detainees are no more than one meter away from the toilet.The repairs to the equipment in the cell are not conducted in a timely manner. Because of the sewage jamthe floor in one of the cells where I was detained was covered with sewage several centimetres thick. Therewas no glass in the windows and this was put in only after numerous petitions and a week after the firstpetition. During this time, because of the chill, I caught a cold.Sanitary care and the opportunity to have a shower are available only once a week and on set dates. If onthe set day I am taking part in a court proceeding, then the opportunity for me to have a shower may bedelayed for another week.Cells are equipped with tables that are so small that usually only one person can use them at a time. The resthave to eat standing up or sitting on their beds. Often one also has to write on beds because the table istaken by another person.
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