Russia: salaries of prisoners rose sharply

The average salary of prisoners in the first half of the current year showed a sharp increase. About this at the International Penitentiary Forum, the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), Alexander Kalashnikov, was told in Ryazan, RIA Novosti reports.

According to him, in 2020, the share of prisoners attracted to work increased by 10 percent, up to 57 percent. In the first half of the year she reached 63.4 percent, and they have become 11 percent more. Kalashnikov did not specify what growth is about – in annual terms or for half a year and nominal is a salary or real disposable income.

The exact amount for which the prisoner can count in Russia, the head of the FSIN also did not name. However, he noticed that most often the work was attracted to those convicts, for whom the victims were claimed. They work, as a rule, on the sorting and processing of utility waste.

Earlier it was reported that prisoners plan to use at construction sites in the Arctic. The relevant bill prepare FSIN and the Ministry of Justice. It is assumed to send there voluntarily, and as an advantage is a preferential calculation of the term of criminal punishment.

On the eve, on November 17, the Russian Ecological Operator (REC) reported that FSIN will supply more than 17,000 waste containers in 14 Russian regions. And in September, the Ryazan company-developer “Unity” proposed to use the work of prisoners in the construction of new homes.

/Media reports.