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Georgia

Capital city — Tbilisi

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Country-profile

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of female prisoners

3.5 % (327)
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31/05/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried female prisoners

20.7 % (81)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

23.3 % (91)
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31/01/2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 3 years old

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

Minors

Minimum age of juvenile incarceration

14 years old

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

Incarcerated minors

0.6 %

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31/05/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
7.4 % (723)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 62.

People serving a life sentence

0.9 % (74)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53.
21.9 % (2,024)
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31/05/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Elderly prisoners (≥60 years)

1.5 % (146)

(≥ 65 years old)

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42.

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1997