Do you think you would make it in a maximum security prison
maybe if you're really tough you would in a country like the united states
but no one would make it in russia's worst prison
this is a prison known as black dolphin prison it can be found in the orenberg
region of russia on the border of kazakhstan
it's one of the oldest prisons in russia where only the worst people in the
country get sent to the official name is penal colony number
six federal penitentiary service but its nickname black dolphin prison
comes from the black dolphin statue outside it
this is at the entrance and it's prisoner constructed but if you enter
you would not see it that's because all prisoners are taken
into this jail blindfolded this is so they can't see the outside so
they can't make an escape plan currently the prison houses 700 inmates
and as one prison lieutenant says the only way to make it out is to pass
on that's because every single inmate at black dolphin is there for life
in most prisons inmates look forward to being released one day
after all that's why many prisoners tally up the days past on their walls
but there's no point doing this in black dolphin as you'll never get out
the prison is in the middle of nowhere meaning that there's no escape
even if you did somehow get out which you can't there's just snow all around
you but there's various reasons why you
can't escape for one the cells are like no other prison in the world
inmates are kept behind three sets of bars
this is to protect the gods from the prisoners and also to make sure that no
one gets out not just of the prison but of their cell
you see every prisoner is in a separate single cell all alone
murad gazdf and rt reporter travel to black dolphin prison
there he spoke to igor teshenko an inmate the inmate said it's so easy to
turn into an animal here but staying human is even harder that's why
we try both as prisoners and also with the gods to remain
human after all most zoo animals aren't even kept behind three sets of bars
if you think most prisons are strict black dolphin is on another level
when the prison officers make a command to the inmates they must reply with yes
sir they also have to walk around the prison
bent over that's why they never learn the prison layout and are disorientated
this is to make sure that they don't escape or plan a prison riot
the inmates walk hinging at their hips with their heads bent down this is
what's known as a stress position and it gives the gods maximum
control over the inmates sometimes the prisoners are even
transported around the prison blindfolded
this is again so that they never memorize the layout
and so they don't make any tricky moves if they see something you may think that
the prison gods would feel bad about this
but national geographic spoke to one of the gods named dennis avaciac
he said that he never feels any sympathy for them at all and he says it's hard to
even see them as humans sometimes inmates in black dolphin get their
exercise by walking around a tiny concrete yard
they only get 90 minutes per day outside of their cell
they spend this hour and a half in a concrete exercise yard which has
nothing in it so really the only exercise you can do is walking around or
running on the spot during their exercise times their cells
are searched for contraband items however nothing is normally found by the
guards as it's super hard to sneak anything in
inmates are under 24-hour surveillance they're also supervised in person by
guards almost all the time but they always have
multiple cameras inside and outside of their cells
it must be really creepy knowing that someone's watching you all the time
they're not permitted to rest or sit on their bunks from the time they wake up
to bedtime this is around 16 hours of not being
able to sit down or lay down most prisons have a mess hall or lunch
fruit but that's not the case in black dolphin
in fact their meals are given to them inside their cells for safety reasons
when it comes to meals they're given bread and soup four times a day
also no cells are located on the ground floor it was designed this way so that
prisoners can't tunnel their way out that may seem crazy but remember that's
how el chapo escaped from prison in mexico
if he was housed at black dolphin there would be no way he would get out
guards also check on prisoners every 15 minutes
one inmate nikolai astankov said there's no such thing as privacy in black
dolphin he told national geographic that the atmosphere
is absolutely stifling he says you're constantly being filmed inside your cell
and you're being watched around the clock in person too he said guards make
their rounds every 15 minutes to check on you so you must be constantly
attentive for entertainment prisoners are only
allowed books newspapers and radios tvs and internet use is not permitted
but even with those distractions you may still go kind of crazy being all alone
remember prisoners are housed totally by themselves and never get to communicate
so how do inmates keep stable in black dolphin well nikolai stankov explained
to national geographic he said if you constantly think about
what is here what is waiting for you then you won't ever get free
you're left here alone and you simply won't make it so basically what he's
saying is don't think about how long you're gonna be
there for because it's forever but what have people done to actually
end up in black dolphin prison well remember this is only for the worst of
the worst the people here have taken lives and
also eaten other people black dolphin inmates have taken 3 500
lives altogether that's an average of five people per
inmate one of the scariest inmates in black dolphin is named vladimir nikolev
he got into a brawl in a bar once but he accidentally took the man out
he then said something suddenly came over him and he began to eat the man he
also gave this meat to his friends and family and said it was kangaroo meat
because there are no kangaroos in russia his
friends and family did not know any different
but another inmate said that the years in prison here make you realize how
wrong your crimes were dmitry banoktov says he realizes how
totally wrong he was even though these are some of the most
dangerous people in the world quite a few do repent for what they've done
dmitry told rt i think there are a few people left in here who think they've
done the right thing he went on to say that the years show
you that you were wrong totally wrong but it turns out the gods
at black dolphin may be wrong too according to npr there have been issues
with guards injuring inmates some have even said it's comparable to
the soviet labor camps during the cold war one inmate said that a god injured
him with a baton and that's not surprising to hear once
you realize how the gods think about the inmates
in the usa for example if you do bad things you're still entitled to basic
human rights but it seems that in this russian prison
that is not the case one god said that to call them people
makes his tongue bend backwards basically saying he finds it hard to see
these people as human of course they've done terrible things but humans
sometimes do i guess prisoner rights in the us and
russia are totally different even if you did leave yourself there's
no way to get out of black dolphin prison there are barbed wire fences
surrounding the area and also guard towers which are manned
24 7. you also wouldn't make it very long out in the wilderness
there's nothing around and you'd be very underdressed in the snow when you're
first being processed and brought into the prison you're kept in a tiny holding
cell but you are encouraged to repent when
you're behind bars for example you can actually get
baptised if you haven't been already in black dolphin prison
that's one thing that most u.s prisons do not offer
but in case you guys ever end up in black dolphin prison here's a plan of
the prison quick memorize this right now just
kidding i'm sure no one watching this would ever do anything bad enough to end
up in black dolphin prison in black dolphin prison all of the
prisoners wear totally black clothing whereas the guards will wear military
camouflage jackets and traditional russian hats to say this
prison is old school would be an understatement
because this prison is so controversial there have been various protests about
it and human rights organizations in the uk have even protested this too
because many disagree with the prison media visits are rare
but rt press tv and national geographic have gone there before
when rt went there they noted how everything was procedural
it seems like every event in the day is made to minimize risk
this is risk to the gods and also risk of any inmates escaping
also to remind inmates that these prisoners are bad people their crimes
are listed on their cell doors this is again something i've never seen
in any other country's prison system but believe it or not some in the uk and
usa are saying that we should have our own black dolphin prisons
they believe that this will discourage bad crimes
but i tend to disagree if you've seen my recent video on luxury prisons you'll
know that the better the prison is the less crime we have
that's because lots of these luxury prisons focus on rehabilitation
but let me know in the comments below what do you guys think about the black
dolphin prison do you think it's a good idea for these terrible people to be
locked up like this or do you think that we should focus
more on rehabilitation of prisoners after all data suggests that better
prisons equals less crime but there we have it that was a look
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