The management of the Odessa Detention Center has been suspended following the release of a video showing the abuse of a suspected TCC employee

The State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine has suspended the management of the Odesa Detention Center from their duties pending an internal investigation following the release of a video online showing unlawful treatment of a detainee. The footage shows a man, identified as a TCC employee, being mocked and forced to carry slippers in his teeth, like a dog. 

According to the non-governmental organization “Non-Stop Ukraine,” the detention center director, together with investigator Serhiy Y., organized a money-extortion scheme under which every newly arrived inmate had to pay between $2,000 and $15,000. 

If a person was unable to pay, subordinates were instructed to subject them to abuse, and activists estimate the facility director’s monthly income from this activity to be at least $35,000. The official agency noted that the illegal actions shown in the video are being committed by individuals sharing a cell with the victim, and there is currently no expert opinion regarding the authenticity of the video footage itself.

This was reported by the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine and “Non-Stop Ukraine.”

The Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office has filed an indictment with the court against three operatives from one of the departments of the Nikopol District Police Department for abuse of authority. They unlawfully detained and tortured two citizens.

The Holosiivskyi District Court of Kyiv imposed a preventive measure on the two police officers suspected of torture.