This is "The Belag Archipelago", a new RFE/RL podcast, hosted by Hanna Sous, on Belarus’ gradual transformation into a prison. Over seven episodes we will explore all the circles of the Lukashenka's regime punitive system - detention, administrative incarceration, investigation, house arrests, forced labor settlements, transfers, colonies, prisons and life under surveillance on release. Our guides include former political prisoners, ex-security officials, human rights defenders, and Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich. This episode is dedicated to the three prisons of Belarus - in Hrodna, Mahilioŭ and Žodzina, where political prisoners are held in extremely harsh conditions.