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Moldova

Capital city — Chișinău

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Panorama

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison administration

33,117,349.4

EUR

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2022

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

6,079

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

Variation in the number of incarcerated people

decrease

The prison population decreased by 4.79% between 2022 (6,385)1 and 2023 (6,079).

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

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

8,045

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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 15.07% between 2022 (9,473)1 and 2023 (8,045).

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

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

241.9

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

Variation in the incarceration rate

increase

The incarceration rate increased by 52.04% between 2022 (159.1)1 and 2023 (241.9).

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

Number of admissions

2,886

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 23.

Number of releases

3,195

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 26.

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

25.3

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2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 31.

Prison density

90.3 %

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

17

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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

6,375

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

1,442

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

Guard to incarcerated person ratio

1 : 1.5

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 21.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

124

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

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

5 % (124)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.