Ukraine

Capital city — Kyiv

Country population
44,134,693
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Semi-Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.779
(74/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
6.2
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
48,038
Not including pri…
i
02/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
123
i
02/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.
Prison density
59 %
i
01/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
110
i
2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2012
Female prisoners
3.9 %
Total of convicte…
i
02/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.1 %
excluding persons…
i
30/07/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
35.6 %
i
02/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2000

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

Data not disclosed

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

Data not disclosed

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

Data not disclosed

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

Data not disclosed

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, in 2012