Print version| Country | AZERBAIJAN | |||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice | |||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Chief Department for the Execution of Court Decisions | |||||||||||||||
| Contact address | 114 Nizami Street, Baku, AZ 1010, Republic of Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +994 12 493 24 86 or 12 598 40 46 fax: +994 12 493 40 86 Web: www.penitensiar.justice.gov.az |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Madat Guliyev
Head |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
37,989
at 1.9.2011 (Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics - 20,602 in prisons, 17,318 in institutions under the Ministry of Internal Affairs and 69 in institution under Ministry of National Security) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
413
based on an estimated national population of 9.19 million at September 2011 (from Eurostat figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
44.5%
(1.9.2011) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
1.7%
(1.9.2011) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.1%
(of sentenced prisoners, 1.9.2011 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
2.0%
(1.9.2011) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
53
(2006) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 25,953
(1.9.2011) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
146.4%
(1.9.2011) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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