The number of inmates in pre-trial detention centers and prisons in Russia has decreased by 39% since the end of 2021, totaling 282,000 individuals, attributed to the humanization of criminal penalties and recruitment efforts for the Armed Forces.

The number of inmates in pre-trial detention centers and prisons in Russia has decreased by 39% since the end of 2021, totaling 282,000 individuals, attributed to the humanization of criminal penalties and recruitment efforts for the Armed Forces.

@varlamov_news 14 May 2026, 13:09

Over the past four and a half years, the number of prisoners in pre-trial detention centers and prisons in Russia has decreased to 282,000, according to the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Arkady Gostev.

@meduzalive 14 May 2026, 11:13