the interior Ministry told human rights activists that the number of “clients” of the temporary detention centres (IVS) decreased during the pandemic three times: the occupancy rate of these institutions fell from 36.9 to 11.8 percent. The Department also reported that in 1,5 – 2 times (depending on region) reduce the number sent police officers detained in the detention center.
at the beginning of the pandemic, the Council under RF President on development of civil society and human rights sent to the interior Ministry appeal. It said to change the detention to house arrest the maximum number of suspects and accused persons. Talking about defendants in criminal cases being in production of bodies of preliminary investigation of the interior Ministry.
And here is the long awaited response, signed by acting Deputy Minister, head of the investigation Department of the MIA of Russia Nikolay Patina.
“in March, reduced the number of persons sent to detention centres, the letter reads. – So, this month in GU MVD of Russia in Moscow the number of prisoners by interrogators and investigators (84) are reduced almost twice in comparison with February (120). As of April 1 of the 327 persons arrested by interrogators in the first quarter, were held in custody 263”. In St.-Petersburg and Leningrad region the number of messages sent by the police to jail people dropped from 157 to 297, in the Moscow region – from 174 to 143.
