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Armenia

Capital city — Yerevan

Country population
2,965,300
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2019
/ Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
76
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.76
(81/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.4
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,267
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
42 %
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
11
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2008
Number and percentage of female prisoners
3.2 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 43
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
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09/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
41 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 47
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2003
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Year2020

Special populations

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of female prisoners

3.2 % (72)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 43

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.2 %

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09/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

41 % (929)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 47

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2003

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