Armenia

Capital city — Yerevan

Country population
2,977,130
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
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
2,357
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
79.2
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
52.5 %
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
12
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2008
Female prisoners
2.6 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
Percentage of untried prisoners
53.3 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2003

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

18

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2023

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

3

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2023

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

76.4

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2023

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

12.7

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2008