Azerbaijan

Capital city — Baku

Country population
9,760,000
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2016
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
239
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2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary republic
Human Development Index
0.759
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
23,311
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2017
/ ICPR
Prison density
95 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
53
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2006
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2009
Female prisoners
3.1 %
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ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
19 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1998

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Special populations

Female prisoners

3.1 % (730)

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Percentage of untried prisoners

19 % (4,436)

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2015

/ ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 1998

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

2.5 %

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2015

/ ICPR