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Moldova

Capital city — Chișinău

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Panorama

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

326 %

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Percentage of untried women in prison

18.7 % (61)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Percentage of incarcerated women who are foreign nationals

3.4 % (11)
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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 the age of 3

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2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 2.3.

Children

Minimum age of imprisonment for children

14

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2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 5.

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.6 % (35)
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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

1.5 % (92)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 12.

People serving long-term sentences

People serving a life sentence

2.1 % (128)
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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

17.1 % (1,037)
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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

3.9 % (237)
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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 1995

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Together against the death penalty