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Latvia

Capital city — Riga

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Panorama

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

7.7 % (248)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Percentage of untried women in prison

15.3 % (38)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Percentage of incarcerated women who are foreign nationals

2.4 % (6)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 4 years old

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

Children

Minimum age of imprisonment for children

14 years old

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

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.7 % (23)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.

Foreign nationals

Number and percentage of foreign nationals in prison

2.4 % (79)
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 12.

People serving long-term sentences

People serving a life sentence

2.1 % (67)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 10.

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

22.7 % (734)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.

Elderly people

Number and percentage of incarcerated elderly people

Data not disclosed

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2012