Azerbaijan

Capital city — Baku

Country population
9,942,334
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
218
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.754
(87/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
21,926
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
36.5
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
86 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 72
Total number of prison facilities
53
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2006
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2009
Female prisoners
2.9 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 43
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
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09/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
16.9 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 47
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1998
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.9 % (625)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 43

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.3 %

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09/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

16.9 % (3,695)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 47

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1998

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