mo4ch:>Russia to shut down 200-year old prison in central Moscow after city agrees to fund replacement | Mo4ch News
One of Russia’s oldest prisons, Butyrka, is to be closed after its inmates are transferred to a new detention facility, the construction of which the Moscow mayor’s office has agreed to fund.It is good news for people held in pretrial detention in the prison, which is old enough to count among its earlier cellmates Yemelyan Pugachev, the famous leader of the 18th century peasant rebellion.The decision to shut down Butyrka with its outdated cells has been hanging in the air for decades. According to deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), the decision to finally get rid of this facility has now been taken. Another less archaic pretrial prison in Moscow, Presnya, will see the same fate, he told Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.Also on rt.comNumber of prisoners in Russia hits record low“At first we planned to build a new facility instead of Presnya, which would house 2,000 inmates, with our funding. But the mayor’s office suggested another option – to shut down Butyrka…