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“I know what the word ‘rooster’ means, but I don’t call anything that way and it would be very unpleasant for me if someone called me that,” the convict admitted to the Vilnius Regional Court during the Pravieniškės mafia case.
The man, who has been imprisoned in Pravieniškės for many years, is well aware of the unwritten regulations in force in Lithuanian prisons, but according to him the situation has not changed since the inmates who unofficially ran Sector 2 of the Pravieniškės Penitentiary Center they were arrested and charged by the Lithuanian Criminal Police Office. meeting in a criminal organization.
“And now I belong to the group of the ‘oppressed’, we are sitting in the Vilnius prison, separated from the other prisoners,” said Alexander R. “
According to the unwritten rules of prisoners, a convict who has joined the ranks of the so-called “underprivileged” does not have the opportunity to “rise to a higher level”, therefore Alexander R. tries not to interfere in the affairs of other prisoners. He says that, as before, drugs can be bought in a correctional facility without any problem. The most popular drugs are the so-called “dimes”. It is also called “cobra”, a tobacco product soaked in chemicals.
“Of course, the officers are constantly testing and there are positive results, but still everyone is using,” the convict said of the situation in prison. According to him, some prisoners cannot pay for the medicines they have bought, so, as before, they are “getting rid” of their debts.
Alexander R., who was released after the scandalous events in Pravieniškės and questioned by police officers, repeated at the Vilnius District Court what he had told investigators during the pre-trial investigation: instructions, but was rewarded with cigarettes.
Aleksandras R. said that he became “underprivileged” while still in prison at the Kaunas Juvenile Detention Center, and when he was transferred to Pravieniškės after reaching the age of majority, he was unable to violate the established order and was transferred from immediate to the place where his brothers of destiny were imprisoned. “He couldn’t move on to the next breed,” he said.
According to the man, other prisoners offered to transfer to the brigade of the controlled sector “Bachura” of Kaunas: “They told me that there is a simple life here, that there are no problems, I believed and asked to be transferred there, but I did not like it here”.
When asked how I “hurt” you, Alexander R. only replied after a long pause: “It’s not just about the ‘ponies’, the ‘bump’ doesn’t work behind bars, and I was working as a plumber.”
According to him, at that time the sector was headed by Aidas Kupčiūnas, Andrius Obelienius and Ruslanas Laško (he was later released from criminal responsibility because he agreed to cooperate with the officials and helped them discover the crimes committed by the convicts in Pravieniškės).
Upon entering the sector controlled by the “Bachura”, the prisoner was immediately placed in a platoon inhabited only by the “underprivileged” – the newcomer was immediately instructed on the tasks he would have to perform.
“I also had to ‘watch the stroma’ (see the entrance through the officers – Delphi) – I had to shout out loud when the officers arrived, said the man. – Sure, I didn’t like it very much, but I still had to watch. For that, they gave me cigarettes, about ten packs a month. “
Convicts had to monitor the environment due to the intensive and continuous traffic of narcotics and psychotropic substances during the 24 hours in the prison, as well as the use of prohibited items and the use of mobile phones to communicate with friends and family.
Alexander R. admitted that almost all the prisoners of the “brutal” brigade used drugs, usually the so-called “cobra”: “It is tobacco sprayed with chimke, I don’t know how to do it, but I didn’t like it.”
The convict said the drugs were sold to the prisoners by “barygos”, who were subordinate to “Vierch” Rimvydas Purmalis.
“There was something to smoke in every platoon, there was ‘baryga’ in every platoon, but I was trying to ignore it at the time because it didn’t interest me, but I could see the ‘dumplings’ were brought in every day,” he said.
The inmate also recalled the story of how three “roosters” came out of the sector (“sniffed”) because they were buying drugs from R. Purmalis. “They were consumed in large quantities and owed several tens or several tens of euros,” said Alexander R. “They came up with the idea of not paying and” cheered. “Later, one of the” underprivileged “told me that R. Purmal he had started demanding drug money from him, which he was obliged to pay off his friends’ debt. “
According to him, drug prisoners had to pay the money by transferring it to a bank account; usually the relatives of one of the lower caste prisoners opened it.
Released
The Pravieniškės Mafia case has been pending in court for two years, and court hearings are scheduled for another year. The judges of some witnesses cannot summon them to court, so police officers must also be called in to help. Furthermore, some witnesses who had been previously imprisoned in Pravieniškės have emigrated abroad and cannot be contacted.
The main defendants of the Pravieniškės mafia, Aidas Kupčiūnas, Andrius Obelienius and Artūras Račkelis, were released this week; the panel of judges that heard the criminal case decided to release the defendants detained for about 4 years.
All of these defendants were placed under intensive supervision by the court for half a year; they could not leave their homes except to attend court hearings and seized documents. In addition, A. Kupčiūnas paid 50 thousand LTL to the judicial deposit account. EUR, and A. Račkelis and A. Obelienius – 30 thousand euros each. Deposits in euros. They would lose this money if they violated the preventive detention measures imposed by the court.
The court released the defendants from detention because the grounds provided for in the criminal law had disappeared: A. Kupčiūnas, A. Račkelis and A. Obelienius had so far been detained, because it was suspected that they could obstruct the trial and try to influence witnesses and victims. you can commit new crimes.
The accused have been detained for 4 years, so this situation increases the probability that prolonged detention may violate the provisions of criminal law and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Although the Pravieniškės mafia case is complex and broad enough, neither the complexity of the case nor the large number of participants in the process justify such a long period of detention, and Lithuania could incur liability if detainees remain in detention if they prosecute to the state. European Court of Human Rights.
Next week, the court will announce the release of Erlandas Palukaitis, the fourth accused, who has also been in prison for about 4 years.
The court hearings in the Pravieniškės Mafia case are held remotely: the defendants control the process from prisons. Starting next week, the processors that have lived in the “cell” will have to remotely monitor the process and release them, so they won’t be able to leave the house at all.
The Pravieniškės Mafia case is already being examined in court by a second panel of judges: after several dozen witnesses and victims had already been questioned, two judges were transferred to the Lithuanian Court of Appeal.
Fifteen current and former prisoners and Evaldas Baronėnas, an official of the Criminal Intelligence Division working in Pravieniškės, were prosecuted for crimes committed in Pravieniškės. None of them admit the complaints made.
During the pre-trial investigation, it was established that E. Baron specialistnas, a criminal intelligence specialist who was required to supervise convicts, went along with the “guests of the chamber”: not only did he provide them with secret information, he allowed them to trade with drugs, but also provided them. And better than the prisoners who lived in freedom, he suspected that he controlled the lives of other prisoners for six years: deciding who was going to be “bachuru”, who was “dūchu” or “rooster”, trading drugs, alcohol, telephones and various articles prohibited without any restriction. .
The inmates of Pravieniškės were beaten not only with specially made metal rods, which they kept in their beds throughout the day, but also with electrical cables. However, they all seemed to agree silently: they were afraid of being crippled or even killed. Because there have already been cases of this type.
All of these unwritten laws in the area were well known to the staff at Pravieniškės Prison, who were supposed to supervise and help convicts recover, but they were usually closed before crimes committed in prison.
In this case, several convicts were acquitted because they agreed to cooperate with law enforcement during the pre-trial investigation and uncovered a series of crimes committed in the area. There are also several classified witnesses in the case, and most inmates at the prison avoid contact with officials for fear of retaliation. In addition, according to the unwritten rules of the area, royal “bachurs” are not allowed to communicate with law enforcement, nor are they prohibited from answering questions from officials. And many of those who were sent to serve their sentences by the court wanted to become “bachuras” in correctional facilities.
According to data collected during the pre-trial investigation, some inmates even agreed to pay taxes just to live with those who run the prison. However, those convicts were immediately caught: if you had already agreed to pay, you would never be a “bachur”, even if someone from the criminal world in general interceded for you. True “bachurs” never pay, and when they do pay, they can become “dukes” or “roosters” at any time.
In the case of the Pravieniškės Mafia Association, the court explains not only how prisoners were terrorized and trafficked in drugs, but also how a prisoner was killed. He sympathized in 2015. Deimantas Bugavičius, a member of the “Agurkiniai” group, was shot in Kaunas, who with his friend was unofficially leading the group of prisoners at the time. D. Bugavičius in 2012 He suffered a real humiliation when he lost the position of leader: A. Kupčiūnas, a prisoner of a much lower level in the criminal world, took away his power.
In the eyes of other prisoners, D. Bugavičius, humiliated for a long time, resounded the plan of revenge: although he had lost his authority, a member of the Agurkiniai group was able to unite the prisoners who supported him, who soon fought back and dealt with A Kupčiūnas, who became a “chamber guest”.
Participants in a criminal organization can face up to fifteen years in prison for the crimes charged and life imprisonment for the organizers and leaders of the association.
About the events in Pravieniškės Delphi The special correspondent Dainius Sinkevičius has published a book “Pravieniškės Mafia”. Last week, a new book by the author, Police Gods, appeared in bookstores, exploring the links between the criminal world and law enforcement. The exceptional history of police officers is almost 400 pages in the book “Police Gods”, which is already available in bookstores, as well as online at the publisher “Baltos lankos”, the largest online bookstore raamat.lt, perkuknyga.lt and other distribution points.
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