FACTBOX: Inmates take staff hostage at correctional facility in Volgograd Region

MOSCOW, August 23. /TASS/. Several inmates at a maximum-security penal colony (IK-19) in the Volgograd Region have taken the facility’s staff hostage, the press service of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) told TASS.
TASS has gathered the key facts about the incident.
– Several prisoners at IK-19 in the Volgograd Region captured the staff of the prison.
– The emergency occurred at a meeting of the prison’s disciplinary commission.
– Emergency response services reported that there were at least three attackers.
– Information is being gathered to better understand the situation.
– An operation to release the hostages is being carried out.
– According to emergency response services, one employee was killed.
– The FSIN reported some casualties.
– The IK-19 maximum-security prison is located in the town of Surovikino, the Volgograd Region.
– According to open sources, the facility has an inmate count of over 1,200.