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Bulgaria

Capital city — Sofia

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Country-profile

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.1 % (237)
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried female prisoners

16 % (38)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

12.7 % (30)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 1 year old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32

Minors

Minimum age of imprisonment for minors

14 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41

Incarcerated minors

0.4 %

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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

2.5 % (180)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 63

People serving a life sentence

3.3 % (188)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53

Percentage of untried prisoners

22.7 % (1,715)
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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number and percentage of elderly prisoners

Data not disclosed

(≥ 65 years old)

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 43

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1998