# Russia plans seven new ‘superprisons’ despite war recruitment emptying its jails

https://mins.news/en/item/76912

- euronews, 2026-09-28 10:48 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/28/russia-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.