Russia
Capital city — Moscow
Country population
i2020Type of government
Human Development Index
0.824(52/188)
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of prisoners
i31/01/2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i31/01/2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i2019/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.Prison density
i01/04/2020Total number of prison facilities
i2021An NPM has been established
Female prisoners
i01/07/2021Incarcerated minors
i01/11/2020Percentage of untried prisoners
i01/07/2021Death penalty is abolished
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Special populations
Women
Female prisoners
8.3 %
(39,102)
i
01/07/2021
Percentage of untried female prisoners
2.7 %
(1,134)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.
Percentage of foreign female prisoners
Data not disclosed
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.
Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them
yes, until 3 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.
Minors
Minimum age of imprisonment for minors
14 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
i
01/11/2020
Foreign prisoners
Number and percentage of foreign prisoners
Data not disclosed
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 63.
Long-term prisoners
People serving a life sentence
1.1 %
(5,571)
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53.
Untried prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
22.7 %
(107,695)
i
01/07/2021
Elderly prisoners
Number and percentage of elderly prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice