Amnesty 2014: results

In the spring of 2014, a large-scale amnesty was carried out in Ukraine. According to data received from the State Penitentiary Service, the number of convicted persons who fell under the scope of this law was 34,791.
Of these, 22,315 were sentenced to deprivation of liberty, including 1,551 women and 209 minors. Another 12,476 people who were sentenced to measures of punishment not related to deprivation of liberty fell under the amnesty.
Of the number of persons sentenced to deprivation of liberty, 16,624 people were released under the amnesty, including 1,310 convicted women and 71 convicted minors. The sentence was reduced for 5,414 people sentenced to deprivation of liberty, including 228 women and 49 minors. 277 people sentenced to deprivation of liberty were refused amnesty.
Of the number of persons sentenced to measures of punishment not related to deprivation of liberty, 10,807 people were released from punishment, and for another 542 people, the sentence was reduced. 1,127 people of this category were refused amnesty.
As a result of the amnesty, the number of prisoners per 100,000 population in Ukraine decreased to 217 in September, although at the beginning of 2014 it was 279.
The 2014 amnesty ended on 19 July 2014. It was not possible to apply the amnesty to convicts who were on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea; according to rough estimates, this is at least half a thousand people.