Perm 36 Cell Interior

Description

This color photograph of the interior of a penalty isolator (ShIzo) cell at Perm 36 illustrates the austere conditions that prisoners endured. Prisoners living in the general barracks could be sentenced to time in the penalty isolator, basically a prison within the camp, for failing to follow camp rules, refusing to work or at the whim of camp guards or administrators.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Gulag Museum at Perm 36

Bibliographic Citation

Unknown, "Perm 36 Cell Interior." Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives, Item #201 (accessed May 27 2021, 1:13 pm)