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Bulgaria
Capital city —
Sofia
Country population
6,447,894
i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 3.
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.816
(56/188)
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.3
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
6,501
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
100.8
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 3.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i
2019
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 124.
Prison density
68.5 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
55
i
2012
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2012
Female prisoners
3.6 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 7a.
Incarcerated minors
0.4 %
i
2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 6.
Percentage of untried prisoners
21.5 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 8.
Death penalty is abolished
no
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2024
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