Russia

Capital city — Moscow

Country population
144,104,080
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Semi-President…
Human Development Index
0.824
(52/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
8.2
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
519,618
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
356
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.
Prison density
69 %
i
01/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
899
i
2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
i
2011
/ APT
Female prisoners
8.3 %
i
01/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
i
01/11/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
22.7 %
i
01/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

2,420

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

274

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

47

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

5.3

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

no

i

2011

/ APT