The majority of inmates in Russia were held in correctional camps for adults, at nearly 424 thousand in 2019. The number of persons in jails and prisons was close to 99 thousand in the same year. Over the past two decades, the prison population of the country marked a decrease.
Number of inmates in Russia from 2000 to 2019, by place of imprisonment
(in 1,000s)
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Russian Federal State Statistics Service. (March 10, 2021). Number of inmates in Russia from 2000 to 2019, by place of imprisonment (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276920/russia-inmates-by-place-of-imprisonment/
Russian Federal State Statistics Service. "Number of inmates in Russia from 2000 to 2019, by place of imprisonment (in 1,000s)." Chart. March 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276920/russia-inmates-by-place-of-imprisonment/
Russian Federal State Statistics Service. (2021). Number of inmates in Russia from 2000 to 2019, by place of imprisonment (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276920/russia-inmates-by-place-of-imprisonment/
Russian Federal State Statistics Service. "Number of Inmates in Russia from 2000 to 2019, by Place of Imprisonment (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276920/russia-inmates-by-place-of-imprisonment/
Russian Federal State Statistics Service, Number of inmates in Russia from 2000 to 2019, by place of imprisonment (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276920/russia-inmates-by-place-of-imprisonment/ (last visited January 08, 2025)
Number of inmates in Russia from 2000 to 2019, by place of imprisonment (in 1,000s) [Graph], Russian Federal State Statistics Service, March 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1276920/russia-inmates-by-place-of-imprisonment/
