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Latvia

Capital city — Riga

  • Country population

    1,883,008
    i
    01/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
  • Type of government

    Constitutional Republic (Parliamentary)
  • Human Development Index

    0.866

    37/188

    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    4.4
    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    3,229
    i
    31/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    171.5
    i
    31/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    Data not disclosed

    i
    2019
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
  • Prison density

    66 %
    i
    31/01/2022
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 16.
  • Total number of prison facilities

    9
    i
    2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, since 2022
    i
    18/11/2022
    / Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    7.7 %
    i
    31/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    0.7 %
    i
    31/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    22.7 %
    i
    31/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
  • The death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 2012
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