White Swan (prison)

White Swan
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LocationSolikamsk, Perm Krai, Russia
Coordinates59°40′18″N 56°45′53″E / 59.67167°N 56.76472°E / 59.67167; 56.76472
StatusOperational
Capacity962
Opened1938
Managed byFederal Penitentiary Service
Governorcolonel Viktor Khomko
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Federal Governmental Institution — penal colony № 2 with special conditions of economic activity of the main directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Perm Krai, popularly known as White Swan (Russian: Белый лебедь, Belyy Lebed), is a prison in Solikamsk, Perm Krai, Russia.[1][2] It is one of the seven maximum-security supermax prisons operated by the Federal Penitentiary Service for convicts sentenced to life imprisonment in Russia.

  1. ^ "ВК-240/2. "Белый Лебедь"". The Union of Prisoners.
  2. ^ "ФКУ ИК-2 ОИК-2 ОУХД ГУФСИН России по Пермскому краю". Official Site Russian Federal Penitentiary Service in the Perm Krai.