Prisoners handling radioactive material without protective material and gear, was also done in the Gulag system - e.g. Butugychag in Magadan, Siberia [1]. [1]

Prisoners handling radioactive material without protective material and gear, was also done in the Gulag system - e.g. Butugychag in Magadan, Siberia [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butugychag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butugychag