New records for the decline in the number of prisoners in Ukraine

According to data from the State Penitentiary Service, as of 1 September 2014, 92,592 people were held in 177 institutions of the department in Ukraine. These data are presented excluding persons held in the institutions of the system in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
The number of prisoners per 100,000 population for Ukraine was 217, whereas at the beginning of the year it was 279.
Of the total number of people in places of detention, 73,706 are convicts, including 1,909 sentenced to life imprisonment.
18,347 people are held in pre-trial detention centres.
In 14 women’s colonies, 3,375 women are serving sentences (just two months ago there were 5,227).
In seven educational colonies, 539 people are held.
91,769 people are registered in 669 units of the Criminal-Executive Inspection.