Print version| Country | BULGARIA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Central Prison Administration | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | 21 Bd. Stoletov, BG-1309 SOFIA, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +359 2 318013 fax: +359 2 322184 Web: gumls@abv.bg |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Mitko Dimitrov
Director General |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
10,996
at October 2012 (U.S. State Department human rights report - 9,904 in prisons, 1,092 in detention centres) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
151
based on an estimated national population of 7.3 million at October 2012 (from Eurostat figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
21.1%
(1.1.2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.2%
(October 2012) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.9%
(October 2012 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
2.0%
(1.1.2012) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
55
(2012 - 13 prisons and 42 police-run pre-trial detention centres) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 10,636
(October 2012 - 8,763 in prisons, 1,873 in detention centres) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
103.4%
(October 2012) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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