Federal Governmental Institution — penal colony No. 1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Republic of Mordovia, also known as the Mordovian Zone (Russian: Мордовская зона, Mordovskaya zona) is a Russian prison located in the settlement of Sosnovka in Mordovia.[1] It is one of the seven maximum-security supermax prisons operated by the Federal Penitentiary Service for convicts sentenced to life imprisonment in Russia. Both life prisoners and prisoners sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment serve their sentences in the Mordovian Zone.[2]

Mordovian Zone
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StatusOperational
Capacity1005
Population160
Opened1931
Managed byFederal Penitentiary Service
GovernorAleksandr Shavkun
CitySosnovka
State/provinceMordovia
CountryRussia

Notable inmates

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References

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  1. ^ "ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ КАЗЕННОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ «ИСПРАВИТЕЛЬНАЯ КОЛОНИЯ №1 УФСИН РОССИИ ПО РЕСПУБЛИКЕ МОРДОВИЯ»". Official Site of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service in the Republic of Mordovia.
  2. ^ Merkacheva, E. M. (2021). Град обречённых: честный репортаж о семи колониях для пожизненно осуждённых (City of the doomed: an honest report on seven colonies for life-sentenced prisoners). Alpina. p. 426. ISBN 978-5-9614-7363-6.