title: Russia: new criminal process code promises a more tolerant incarceration policy.
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.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alexandrova
mesh_terms: D003416:Criminal Law; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011330:Prisons / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology