Azerbaijan
Capital city — Baku
Country population
i2020Type of government
Human Development Index
0.75688/188
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of prisoners
i15/04/2020Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i31/01/2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i2019/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.Prison density
i15/04/2020Total number of prison facilities
i2006An NPM has been established
Female prisoners
i2020Incarcerated minors
i31/01/2020Percentage of untried prisoners
i31/01/2020Death penalty is abolished
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Special populations
Women
Female prisoners
2.7 %
(570)
i
2020
Percentage of untried female prisoners
12.6 %
(72)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46
Percentage of foreign female prisoners
4.2 %
(24)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46
Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them
yes, until 3 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33
Minors
Minimum age of imprisonment for minors
14 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
i
31/01/2020
Foreign prisoners
Number and percentage of foreign prisoners
2.4 %
(498)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 63
Long-term prisoners
People serving a life sentence
1.6 %
(284)
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 54
Untried prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
16 %
i
31/01/2020
Elderly prisoners
Number and percentage of elderly prisoners
Data not disclosed
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1998