Prisoners
Runaway children are attracted to the cities in Russia and arrive in their hundreds monthly. Many are arrested at railway stations and kept in custody until returned to their homes or orphanages near their homes. Others who have no papers are found places in orphanages near to the point they are picked up. Those not found in their early days in the city turn to prostitution; drugs and many crimes associated to these and may eventually be caught and put into a detention centre.
It is a sad fact that many children leaving orphanages end up in prison. Unprepared for life outside of an institution they may become involved in crimes involving theft, prostitution and violence. The authorities in one of the prisons where Love Russia works informed us that 80% of the inmates at any given time are orphans.