Armenia

Capital city — Yerevan

Country population
2,963,234
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.776
81/188
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.7
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,197
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15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
75
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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 34.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.
Prison density
41.1 %
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15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
12
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2008
Female prisoners
3.1 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.4 %
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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
46.3 %
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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2003

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

10

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2020

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

5

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2020

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

45

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2020

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

22.5

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2020

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2008