Bulgaria

Capital city — Sofia

Country population
7,024,216
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
107
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.816
(52/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.5
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
7,466
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5.1
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
79 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 72
Total number of prison facilities
55
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2012
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2012
Female prisoners
3 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 43
Incarcerated minors
0.8 %
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10/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
19.1 %
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11/0019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 47
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1998
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3 % (224)

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01/2019

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

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.8 %

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10/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

19.1 % (1,424)

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11/0019

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

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1998

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