Latvia
Capital city — Riga
Country population
i01/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Type of government
Human Development Index
0.86637/188
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of incarcerated people
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i2019/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.Prison density
i31/01/2022/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 16.Total number of prison facilities
i2021An NPM has been established
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.Number and percentage of people awaitin…
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.The death penalty is abolished
+
Safeguards
Physical integrity
Number of deaths in custody
29
i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.
Number of deaths attributed to suicide
7
i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.
Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)
89.8
i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.
Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)
21.7
i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2022