Georgia

Capital city — Tbilisi

Country population
3,714,000
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.812
(61/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.2
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Corrections and Probation
Total number of prisoners
9,241
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31/05/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
264
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01/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
79 %
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31/05/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
13
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2009
Female prisoners
3.5 %
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31/05/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.6 %
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31/05/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
21.9 %
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31/05/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1997

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

9

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

1

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

9

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

1

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

An NPM has been established

yes, in 2009