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Nearly 1,000,000 locked up in Russian prisons
Interfax
Moscow, 5 January: Russia's prisons have 980,000 inmates, including 744,000 convicts and 216,700 people whose cases are currently under investigation.
Included in this figure are 19,000 minors and 50,000 women, the press service for the Russian Justice Ministry told Interfax. There are 11 homes for children of female convicts who are less than three years of age.
In addition, there are 1,863 offices in Russia holding the records of 660,300 people who were convicted but not put in jail.
There are 282 night schools and 205 counselling services at correction institutes, where more than 60,000 convicts study. Russia's prisons also have 286 churches and 662 prayer rooms.
Inmates receive medical care from 119 hospitals. Special TB treatment is provided in 34 hospitals and 55 medical penitentiaries, including 9 for drug addicts.
Russia's prison inmates work for 750 enterprises, including 50 agricultural ones. Their annual output exceeds R9bn.
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