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Azerbaijan

Capital city — Baku

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Country-profile

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.

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.

People serving a life sentence

1.1 % (276)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 10.

Percentage of untried prisoners

22.5 % (5,560)
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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 is abolished

yes, since 1998