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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
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    8.3 %
    i
    01/07/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    0.2 %
    i
    01/11/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • 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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