Azerbaijan
Capital city — Baku
Country population
i01/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Type 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
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
i2022/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.Prison density
i01/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.Total number of prison facilities
i2006An NPM has been established
Female prisoners
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.Incarcerated minors
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.Percentage of untried prisoners
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.Death penalty is abolished
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Special populations
Women
Female prisoners
2.9 %
(716)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Percentage of untried female prisoners
21.8 %
(156)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Percentage of foreign female prisoners
1.8 %
(13)
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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
14 years old
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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
(56)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
Foreign prisoners
Number and percentage of foreign prisoners
1.9 %
(474)
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 12.
Long-term prisoners
People serving a life sentence
1.1 %
(276)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 10.
Untried prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
22.5 %
(5,560)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
Elderly prisoners
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 1998