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Bulgaria

Capital city — Sofia

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Country-profile

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison service

13 938 764.00 €

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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 130.

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

7,553

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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Variation in the number of prisoners

29.22 % decrease

(between 2010 and 2018)

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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

3,866

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2020, p. 30.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

22.15% decrease

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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2019, p. 22.

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

106

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p.  33.

Variation in the incarceration rate

16.9 % decrease

(between 2010 and 2020)

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 35.

Number of admissions

16,397

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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 97.

Number of releases

15,627

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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 104

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

Data not disclosed

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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.

Prison density

81 %

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15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

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55

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2012
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

9,341

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 74

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

3,006

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 83

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 2.4

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 86

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

178

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 82

Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff

4 % (178)
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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p.83