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Armenia
Capital city —
Yerevan
Country population
2,977,130
i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 3.
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.776
81/188
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.7
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,357
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
79.2
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 3.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i
2022
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 31.
Prison density
52.5 %
i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
12
i
2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2008
Female prisoners
2.6 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 7a.
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 6.
Percentage of untried prisoners
53.3 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 8.
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2003
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2024
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