Perizat Suranova, who is seeking 10 million soms in compensation for her time in custody, faced a setback when attempting to gather evidence for her legal claim. She requested a full list of all items delivered to her during her imprisonment to substantiate her expenses in court.
Documents destroyed due to expiration of storage period
On October 30, Suranova submitted an official request to the management of SIZO No. 21 for a detailed inventory of all transfers, including food, clothing, and medications. However, the administration responded that providing this information is impossible because the documentation for that period has been destroyed following the expiration of its mandatory storage period.
How is this possible? Every transfer is registered. Special accounting logs are kept. When you receive a transfer, you separately sign a form confirming its receipt. And in such a special institution, they just took and destroyed all these documents?
Detention period
The administration of SIZO No. 21 stated in its official reply that the records concerning parcels, transfers, and other supplies are no longer available. Suranova expressed her disbelief regarding the destruction of these records, noting that such institutions typically maintain strict accounting through specialized logs and signed receipts.
