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CountryArmenia
Ministry responsible
Ministry of Justice
Prison administration
Criminal Executive Department
Contact address
63 Arshakunyats Street, 375061 Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Telephone
+374 10 442 273
Fax
+374 10 443 744
Website
Email
contact@penitentiary.am
Head of prison administration (and title)
Ambakum Seyranovich Grigoryan
Head of Department
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
2 469
at at 1.1.2024 (via Council of Europe)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
83
based on an estimated national population of 2.99 million at beginning of January 2024 (from Eurostat figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
53.3%
(1.1.2023)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
2.6%
(1.1.2023)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
0.0%
(1.1.2023 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)
6.2%
(1.1.2023)
Number of establishments / institutions
12
(2021)
Official capacity of prison system
4 491
(1.1.2024)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
55.0%
(1.1.2024)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
2000 7,281 236
2002 5,789 190
2004 2,856 94
2006 2,873 95
2008 3,539 119
2010 4,807 162
2012 4,532 153
2014 3,923 132
2016 3,873 129
2018 3,536 119
2020 2,221 75
2000 7,281 236
2002 5,789 190
2004 2,856 94
2006 2,873 95
2008 3,539 119
2010 4,807 162
2012 4,532 153
2014 3,923 132
2016 3,873 129
2018 3,536 119
2020 2,221 75

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Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend

The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.  

The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the national population. 

                                                     ARMENIA

Year

Number in
pre-trial/remand
imprisonment

Percentage
of total
prison population

Pre-trial/remand
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)

2001
2005
2010
2015
2020

762
727
1,336
1,113
1,017

18.1%
25.8%
27.2%
28.7%
45.8%

25
24
45
37
34

2023

1,256

53.3%

42

It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.                                                      

The pre-trial/remand population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities. 

Female prison population: trend

The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day. 

The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population.

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Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

Female prison
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)

2002
2005
2010
2015
2020

123
78
190
171
69

2.2%
2.8%
3.9%
4.4%
3.1%

4.0
2.6
6.4
5.7
2.3

2023

61

2.6%

2.0

The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.  

The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.

(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column).

Prison population total
Prison population rate