The number of crimes committed by women in Russia has sharply increased and reflects an alarming trend in Russian society, a senior prosecutor said.
About 49,000 female convicts are imprisoned in 46 female prison settlements in Russia with capacity for only 38,500 inmates.
"I would like to point out an alarming trend: female crime has been steadily on the rise," Deputy Prosecutor General Yevgeny Zabarchuk said in an interview with the Rossiiskaya Gazeta to be published on Tuesday.
According to statistics, the most "popular" crimes committed by women in Russia are theft, drug trafficking and crimes of passion.
Russia has a total of seven prisons, 657 correctional facilities for adults, including 160 penal colony settlements, and 62 juvenile correctional facilities.
There are a total of 861,687 inmates in all correctional facilities in Russia.
MOSCOW, April 6 (RIA Novosti)
