Armenia

Capital city — Yerevan

Country population
3,000,000
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2016
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
162
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2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary republic
Human Development Index
0.743
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
4,873
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2016
/ ICPR
Prison density
106 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
11
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2015
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2008
Female prisoners
3.5 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
22.8 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2003

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.5 % (171)

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2015

/ ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

22.8 % (1,113)

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2015

/ ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 2003

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

3.2 %

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2015

/ ICPR