Turkmenistan

Capital city — Ashgabat

Country population
6,031,187
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.715
(111/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
i
2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Total number of prisoners
35,000
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
576
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
85 %
i
2006
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
27
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
6.5 %
estimated percent…
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2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.7 %
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2006
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
14 %
estimated percent…
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1999
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PdM

+

2021

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

35,000

i

2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

576

i

2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

85 %

i

2006

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

27

i

2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR