Source: Federal Service for Execution of Punishment: www.fsin.ru
Translated by the Moscow Center for Prison Reform. www.prison.org
As of January 1, 2011, penal institutions held 819.2 thousand people (down 44.9 thousand from the number held at the beginning of year), including:
- 755 penal colonies held 694.5 thousand people serving sentences (down 29.6 thousand);
- 160 settlement colonies held 49.3 thousand serving sentences (down 3.2 thousand);
- 5 penal colonies for those sentenced to life imprisonment held 1,739 (down 14 persons);
- 228 remand prisons and 165 remand wings in penal colonies held 118.9 thousand persons (down 12.4 thousand);
- 7 prisons held 1.8 thousand convicted persons (down 1,010);
- 62 juvenile colonies held 4.0 thousand persons of 14-19 years old (down 1.9 thousand);
- 66.4 thousand women (down 3.0 thousand) were incarcerated in penal institutions, including 55.4 thousand held in penal colonies for convicted persons and 10.9 thousand on remand; at women’s penal colonies there are 13 nurseries that accommodate 863 babies up to 3 years old.
Medical care of convicts and defendants is provided by 133 hospitals of various specialization as well as at medical units and medical stations in each institute, in 59 medication-correctional facilities for tuberculosis patients, 9 medication-correctional facilities for drug addicts.
The organization of the penal system also consists of:
- 2,467 penal inspections that supervise
491.9 thousand people convicted to non-custodial sentences;
- 182 state-run unitary enterprises at correctional institutions, 551 working adaptation centers for convicts, 49 medication-production and 46 training and production workshops.
In correctional and juvenile colonies there are 319 evening schools, 546 educational and consulting units and 339 vocational schools, 523 churches and 705 prayer rooms.
Full-time staff of the penal system is 346.3 thousand people, including certified employees - 257.1 thousand persons and 7.1 thousand of a temporary staff.
Medical service for employees is provided by 56 public health institutions, including 34 social-medical centers, 14 hospitals, 5 military medical commissions and 3 health resorts.
The penal system also contains 8 higher schools of professional education with 7 branches, including the Academy of Law and Management, 74 education centers, Institute of Advanced Studies, Research Institute of the Penal System, a Research Institute of Informational and Production Technologies (with 3 branches).
There is a joint editorial office that publishes magazines "The Crime and Punishment," "Vedomosti UIS " (The Bulletin of the Penal System) and the newspaper “Kazenny Dom" (Prison).
