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Color photograph looking through the peep hole of a cell door in the punishment cell block at Perm 36. Prisoners would be sent from the regular barracks to the poorly heated, dank punishment cell block (the ShIZO or Penalty Isolator) for violations of camp discipline, failure to fulfill labor norms, or at the whims of camp guards.

Color photograph of the ruins of an empty barracks with only the bunks remaining, taken at Bugutychag, a former subcamp at Kolyma.

Black and white photograph of a prisoner's padded jacket with prisoner identification numbers visible on the back.