RUSSIA: PRISONS OVERFLOW AS CRIME RATE SOARS

Russian, Nat As Russia s crime rate soars, its prisons are overflowing. Jails are now housing 80 men in cells built for only 15. Lack of investment in the prison system and a breakdown in the legal network have brought about these inhuman conditions. APTV visited the prison in Ekatarinburg, which has the reputation of being Russia s most overcrowded jail. This is just one of the communal cells in detention centre number one in Ekatarinburg. It s supposed to hold a maximum of 15 men, but in