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Armenia

Capital city — Yerevan

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Country-profile

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison service

25,499,895

EUR

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 33.

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

2,357

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.

Variation in the number of prisoners

increase

The prison population increased by 10.76% between 2022 (2,128)1 and 2023 (2,357).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 3. ↩

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

Data not disclosed

i
31/01/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9.

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

79.2

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.

Variation in the incarceration rate

increase

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 34.

The incarceration rate increased by 10.61% between 2022 (71.6)1 and 2023 (79.2).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 3. ↩

Number of admissions

Data not disclosed

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 23.

Number of releases

1,333

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 26.

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

Data not disclosed

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.

Prison density

52.5 %

i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

12

i
2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

4,491

i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

1,291

i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 1.8

i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 21.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

32

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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff

1.7 % (32)
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.