“In one of the capital's isolation wards, in a cell for those arrested for the first time, there was a citizen who had arrived from the colony with a court verdict that had long since entered into force.

And the experienced should be kept separately from the first-timers, ”one of the members of the commission told RT.

He recalled that Art.

33 of the federal law on the procedure for the detention of accused and suspects also provides for separate detention from other prisoners accused of a number of serious crimes (from robberies and murders to crimes against sexual integrity and terrorism).

“Violations in this part of Art.

33 were also identified, but administration officials say that there is simply nowhere to put the prisoners, the limit has been exceeded by 500 people, ”RT said.

The PMC of Moscow emphasized that they had repeatedly noted the “catastrophic nature” of the overcrowding of the pre-trial detention center in the capital.