- Sputnik International
Russia
The latest news and stories from Russia. Stay tuned for updates and breaking news on defense, politics, economy and more.

805,000 people kept in custody in Russia

Subscribe
MOSCOW, September 12 (RIA Novosti) -Of the 805,000 people Russia currently has behind bars, 634,000 have been convicted, including 157,000 women and 14,000 minors, the deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service said at a news conference Monday.

Vladimir Semenyuk said 11 infant wards, with more than 560 babies, were stationed at female labor camps.

Semenyuk attributed a rise in the number of prisoners to the adoption of a new criminal code.

However, Semenyuk noted the penitentiary system's enormous production capabilities. It oversees 598 plants and factories, 291 schools and 338 vocational schools. There are also more than 130 hospitals and medical units, five detoxification clinics and 58 TB clinics within the system.

Semenyuk said the occurrence of tuberculosis had decreased considerably among prison inmates, thanks to better funding.

"We now have the opportunity to purchase the medicine and diagnostic equipment we need," Semenyuk said. "If an inmate is sick, we start treatment immediately."

Inmates are screened for HIV and treated if necessary, he said.

"This is not only our problem, but that of all of society," he said.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала