Russia’s prison numbers have been falling for two decades, due to the liberalization of the penal system and use of alternative penalties. For the first time, fewer than 500,000 in the world’s largest country are now incarcerated.
“Today, there are 496,791 people in the correctional facilities,” the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) announced on Thursday. “These are both citizens who are in pre-trial detention facilities on suspicion of committing crimes, and convicts in penal colonies.”
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