Prosecutor General Chaika: A quarter of the defendants contained in the pre -trial detention center are unjustified there

The Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika believes that a quarter of the defendants contained in the investigative insulators are unjustified there.

"Problems, subject to human rights in the executive procedural system, there are more and more. Unfortunately, the situation has recently deteriorated. The particularly difficult position in the pre -trial detention center. The cameras are overpopulated, the installed sanitary standards are not observed, people are subjected to humiliating appeal," the seagull in Irkutsk in Tuesday at the meeting of the prosecutor's offices of the Siberian Federal Assembly said in Irkutsk. (Siberian Federal District) in 2006.

Recall that earlier Yuri Chaika was the Minister of Justice and was responsible, inter alia, for the state of the penitentiary system of the Russian Federation.

According to the Prosecutor General, "the number of people contained in the pre -trial detention center is constantly increasing, and, not at the expense of notorious criminals, but persons who have committed crimes of medium and small severity - their number reaches the whole Russian Federation to 25%."

In his opinion, "there is no need to keep them in custody before the trial." "Criminal cases can be investigated using other restraint measures," said Chaika.

“I just demand to restore order in this matter. The election of a preventive measure must be carried out reasonably, taking into account all the circumstances of the case and the personality of the citizen. We do not need to drag the stumbled people to the prison and thereby breed criminals,” the prosecutor general said.