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Azerbaijan

Capital city — Baku

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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

77,990,525

EUR

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2022
/ 77,990,525

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

24,698

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

Variation in the number of prisoners

increase

The prison population increased by 10.58% between 2022 (22,334)1 and 2023 (24,698).

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

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

11,331

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2023, table 9.

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

243.9

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

Variation in the incarceration rate

increase

The incarceration rate increased by 12.5% between 2022 (216.8)1 and 2023 (243.9).

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

Number of admissions

10,899

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

Number of releases

8,535

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

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

27.2

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

Prison density

96.2 %

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

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

53

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2006
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

25,672

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

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

Data not disclosed

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31/01/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 19.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

Data not disclosed

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 82