Latvia

Capital city — Riga

Country population
1,919,968
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01/2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.854
(39/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.2
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
3,414
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
179
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
4.6
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2015
/ Council of Europe, Prisons in Europe 2005-2015, Latvia, p. 01
Prison density
71 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
11
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
58.6 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.5 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
27.8 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2012
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

58.6 % (2,001)

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01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.5 % (17)

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01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

27.8 % (949)

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01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2012

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