It is reported by the Agency for Urban News Moscow, citing the head of the Moscow FSIN Directorate, Sergei Moroz.
“A complex of events is being held, which has brought some positive results. So, as of January 1, 2019, in the Moscow SIZO with a filling limit of 8,657 places, 9,625 people were actually kept, the total overflow is 10%, ”the head of the administration said.
It is noted that last year the number of prisoners was exceeded by 19.8%, and in 2017 the extermination rate was 32.8%.
Nevertheless, as Frost emphasized, this problem remains topical and one of the most acute in the capital.
Earlier, the Federal Penitentiary Service announced a reduction in the number of shoots of prisoners from Russian prisons in 140 times in 25 years.
In October 2018, the service reported that the number of foreign prisoners in Russian prisons fell by almost 6%.