Russia: new criminal process code promises a more tolerant incarceration policy

Can HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2003 Apr;8(1):54.

Abstract

The population of Russian prisons is one of the largest in the world: as of 1 April 2002, there were 1,220,368 people living in prisons in the country. Some data suggest that 15 to 20 percent of all people living with HIV/AIDS in Russia are in prisons and detention facilities.

Publication types

  • Newspaper Article

MeSH terms

  • Criminal Law*
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Organizational Policy*
  • Prisons / organization & administration*
  • Russia / epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology