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Latvia

Capital city — Riga

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Panorama

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison administration

61,794,159

EUR

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 33.

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

3,229

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.

Variation in the number of incarcerated people

increase

The prison population increased by 1.45% between 2022 (3,183)1 and 2023 (3,229).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 3. ↩

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

5,451

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2023, table 9.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

decrease

The number of persons serving non-custodial sentences decreased by 5.48% between 2022 (5,767)1 and 2023 (5,451).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9. ↩

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

171.5

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.

Variation in the incarceration rate

no significant change

The incarceration rate was 172.2 in February 2022.1

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 3. ↩

Number of admissions

Data not disclosed

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 97.

Number of releases

Data not disclosed

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 104.

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

Data not disclosed

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.

Prison density

66 %

i
31/01/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 16.

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

9

i
2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

4,822

i
31/01/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 16.

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

1,706

i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

Guard to incarcerated person ratio

1 : 1.4

i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 21.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

44

i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff

1.8 % (44)
i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.