In a penal colony, even pills become a means of control. Former political prisoner and former associate professor of the Italian language department at MSLU, Natalia Dulina, рассказывает:
— what kinds of doctors are available in the colony;
— how medications are distributed and who decides what prisoners are allowed to take;
— what it means to fall ill in conditions where help is limited.
Physician and human rights defender Vasili Zavadski explains whether it is normal in emergency situations for imprisoned women — rather than medical staff — to bring sick inmates to the medical unit. He also discusses what needs to be changed in the healthcare system of Belarusian penitentiary institutions to make it safe for women’s health.
Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YroD0paC3AQ
Machine translation from Belarusian.