MOSCOW, Jan 31 The concept for the development of the penitentiary system until 2030 involves reducing the number of prisoners up to 300 thousand people, Russian Minister of Justice Konstantin Chuichenko said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the minister, there are now 483 thousand prisoners in Russia, of which 109 thousand are in accordance with the recently approved Concept for the development of the penitentiary system until 2030, we will have 300,000 (prisoners — ed.) Here, among other things, if we create a system of correctional centers, then we, as they say, will significantly reduce the special contingent in this part «, Chuichenko said.
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