Country | Russian Federation |
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Ministry responsible |
Ministry of Justice
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Prison administration |
Federal Service for the Implementation of Punishment
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Contact address |
Zhitnaya street 14, GSP-1, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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Telephone |
+7 495 983 8558
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Fax |
+7 495 982 1950
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Website | |
Head of prison administration (and title) | Arkady Gostev
Director
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Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 433 006
at 1.1.2023 (national prison administration)
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Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | 300
based on an estimated national population of 144.5 million at beginning of January 2023 (from Russian Federal State Statistics Service figures)
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Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 25.5%
(1.11.2022 - prisoners held in pre-trial SIZO institutions or facilities functioning as SIZOs)
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Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 8.9%
(1.11.2022)
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Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 0.2%
(1.12.2021 - prisoners in juvenile colonies)
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Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 6.2%
(1.1.2019)
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Number of establishments / institutions | 872
(March 2022 - 204 pre-trial SIZO institutions, 642 corrective colonies, 8 prisons, 18 juvenile colonies)
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Official capacity of prison system | 714 253
(31.1.2021)
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Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | 67.0%
(31.1.2021)
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Prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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Russia’s falling prison population
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Pages
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) visit reports: Russian Federation
US State Department Human Rights Country Report 2013: Russian Federation
A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management: Handbook for Prison Staff. First edition. Russian version.
Penal Reform International: Moscow office
- Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
- Female prison population: trend
- Prison population trend up to 2000
Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Year | Number in | Percentage | Pre-trial/remand |
2000 | 232,864 | 25.2% | 160 |
2022 | 112,225 | 25.5% | 78 |
It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The pre-trial/remand population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
Female prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
2002 | 53,683 | 5.8% | 37.0 |
2022 | 39,153 | 8.9% | 27.1 |
The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column).
Prison population trend up to 2000
The figures below give an indication of the prison population trend in the years up to 2000. They supplement the more recent figures that are shown at the foot of the Overview page and in the graphs below.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Year |
Prison |
Prison population rate |
1990 |
698,900 |
473 |