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Russia
Capital city —
Moscow
Country population
14,680,000
i
2018
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
410
i
2018
/
ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional regime, semi-presidentia…
Human Development Index
0.804
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
602,176
i
2018
/
ICPR
Prison density
79 %
i
2015
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
961
i
2017
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
7.9 %
i
2018
/
ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
17.3 %
i
2018
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionist in practice
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Year
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2018
Introduction
Overview
Prison population
Organisation
Prison facilities
Safeguards
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Foreign prisoners
Specific population
Juveniles
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Special populations
Female prisoners
7.9 %
(47,732)
i
2018
/
ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
17.3 %
(104,385)
i
2018
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionist in practice
Number and percentage of foreign prisoners
4 %
i
2015
/
ICPR
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