The Tiraspol administration says that the thermal regime in Transnistrian prisons is "normal". According to them, after the cut-off of gas supplies, the detention facilities have been equipped with "burjuik" stoves, including one prison which is heated by a solid fuel boiler. The alleged authorities also claim that there is electricity and hot water in the prisons, IPN reports.
Tiraspol leader Vadim Krasnoselski inspected a penitentiary, where he was told that a solid-fuel boiler is installed there, which also heats water, and that similar boilers are to be used in other detention facilities.
During his inspection he was also told that there was sufficient wood and coal to heat the rooms. Inquiring about the number of illnesses among the detainees, Krasnoselski was informed that "there are no reasons for an increase, as the rooms are warm, 20-24 degrees".
More than a week ago, the Promo-LEX association sounded the alarm that more than 4,000 illegal detainees in the regions controlled by the Tiraspol regime are facing difficult conditions due to the energy crisis, which has affected the regions left of the Dniester. The detainees have reportedly been without heat for eight days after the gas heating system in the prisons was switched off on January 1 following disconnection from the gas network.
