Overview

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Total number of prisoners

3,414

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Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

179

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Average length of imprisonment (in months)

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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Total number of prison facilities

11

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