Print version| Country | KYRGYZSTAN | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | General Directorate of Penitentiary Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | 106 Ibraimov Street, Bishkek, 720021, Kyrgyzstan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: + 996 312 626932 or 293362 fax: +996 312 680 116 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Zarylbek Rysaliev
Head of the State Service for the Enforcement of Punishment (GSIN) |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
9,828
at 1.1.2012 (national prison administration, via Penal Reform International) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
181
based on an estimated national population of 5.43 million at beginning of 2012 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
20.9%
(1.1.2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
5.4%
(1.1.2012) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.9%
(1.1.2012 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
4.8%
(1.1.2012) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
17
(2009 - 6 pre-trial detention centres, 11 prisons) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 17,724
(1.1.2012) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
55.5%
(1.1.2012) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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