WorldRussia plans seven new ‘superprisons’ despite war recruitment emptying its jails
Russia plans seven prison complexes for more than 20,000 inmates by 2035, including one in Russian-occupied Kherson. Its prison population has fallen from 465,000 to 282,000 since 2021, largely as inmates have been recruited as contract soldiers for the war in Ukraine.
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Russia plans seven new ‘superprisons’ despite war recruitment emptying its jails