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Latvia
Capital city —
Riga
Country population
1,930,000
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
195
i
ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.854
(39/188)
i
UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Tieslietu Ministr…
Total number of prisoners
3,765
i
01/2018
/
ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
Prison density
63.9 %
i
01/2018
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
11
i
2018
/
ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
7.7 %
i
01/2018
/
ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.1 %
i
01/2018
/
ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
27.9 %
i
01/2018
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2012
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Prison population
Organisation
Prison facilities
Safeguards
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Minors
Untried prisoners
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Special populations
Women
Female prisoners
7.7 %
(291)
i
01/2018
/
ICPR
Minors
Incarcerated minors
1.1 %
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01/2018
/
ICPR
Untried prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
27.9 %
(1,051)
i
01/2018
/
ICPR
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2012
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