Ukraine
Capital city — Kyiv
Country population
i2020Type of government
Human Development Index
0.779(74/188)
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of prisoners
49,211Not including pri…
i08/2021Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i08/2021Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i2019/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.Prison density
i01/04/2020Total number of prison facilities
i2020An NPM has been established
Female prisoners
2.7 %Total of convicte…
i30/07/2020Incarcerated minors
0.1 %excluding persons…
i30/07/2020Percentage of untried prisoners
i30/07/2020Death penalty is abolished
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Special populations
Women
Female prisoners
2.7 %
(1,404)
i
30/07/2020
Total of convicted adult females in prison colonies, not including those in Crimea, Sebastopol and areas of Donetsk and Luhansk that are not under the control of the Ukrainian authorities
Percentage of untried female prisoners
Data not disclosed
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.
Percentage of foreign female prisoners
Data not disclosed
i
31/01/2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.
Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them
Data not disclosed
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.
Minors
Minimum age of imprisonment for minors
16 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.
Incarcerated minors
0.1 %
excluding persons detained in pre-trial SIZO institutions
i
30/07/2020
Foreign prisoners
Number and percentage of foreign prisoners
Data not disclosed
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 63.
Long-term prisoners
People serving a life sentence
Data not disclosed
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 54.
Untried prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
37.4 %
(19,169)
i
30/07/2020
Elderly prisoners
Number and percentage of elderly prisoners
Data not disclosed
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42.
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2000