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| Coordinates | 66°48′18″N 65°47′24″E / 66.805°N 65.79°E |
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| Status | Operational |
| Capacity | 1014 |
| Population | 450 |
| Opened | 1961 |
| Managed by | Federal Penitentiary Service |
| Governor | lieutenant colonel Aleksandr Tsybulsky |
| City | Kharp |
| State/province | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
| Country | Russia |
Federal Governmental Institution — penal colony No. 18 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, commonly known as the Polar Owl (Russian: Полярная сова, Polyarnaya sova) is a Russian prison located on the bank of the Sob River near the Polar Urals in the Kharp urban-type settlement.[1] It is one of the seven supermax ("special regimen", in Russian terminology) corrective labor colonies operated by the Federal Penitentiary Service for convicts sentenced to life imprisonment in Russia. In addition to special regimen it has sections with common and strict regimens.
- ^ "ФКУ ИК-18 УФСИН РОССИИ ПО ЯМАЛО-НЕНЕЦКОМУ АВТОНОМНОМУ ОКРУГУ" [PKU IK-18 Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District]. Official Site of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Retrieved 27 December 2023.