Latvia

Capital city — Riga

Country population
1,901,548
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.866
37/188
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.4
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
3,414
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
179
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
69 %
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04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
11
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
8.6 %
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.
Incarcerated minors
0.5 %
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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
28.6 %
i
04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2012

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