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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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.6 % (61)

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31/01/2023

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Percentage of untried female prisoners

62.3 % (38)

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31/01/2023

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

13.1 % (8)

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31/01/2023

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 3 years old

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2020

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33

Minors

Minimum age of imprisonment for minors

16 years old

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2020

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42

Incarcerated minors

0 % (1)

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31/01/2023

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

6.2 % (147)

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01/01/2023

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 12.

People serving a life sentence

3.7 % (88)

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31/01/2023

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 10.

Percentage of untried prisoners

53.3 % (1,256)

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31/01/2023

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.

Number and percentage of elderly prisoners

Data not disclosed

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31/01/2023

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2003

Number of death sentenced prisoners awaiting execution

-