Georgia

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CountryGeorgia
Ministry responsible
Ministry of Corrections and Probation
Prison administration
Special Penitentiary Service
Contact address
27, Zurab Anjaparidze str.Tbilisi, Georgia
Telephone
+995 32 2 31 27 34
Website
http://www.sps.gov.ge/
Email
info.sps@justice.gov.ge
Head of prison administration (and title)
Giorgi Pataridze
Director General
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
10 419
at 31.7.2024 (national statistical office)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
273
based on an estimated national population of 3.81 million at end of July 2024 (from national statistical office figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
17.0%
(31.7.2024)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
3.9%
(31.7.2024)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
0.7%
(31.7.2024 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)
9.8%
(31.7.2024)
Number of establishments / institutions
14
(2024)
Official capacity of prison system
12 332
(31.7.2024)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
84.5%
(31.7.2024)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
2000 8,349 190
2002 6,794 157
2004 7,867 182
2006 15,465 352
2008 18,659 426
2010 23,684 530
2012 19,350 432
2014 10,372 280
2016 9,334 251
2018 9,575 257
2020 9,143 245
2000 8,349 190
2002 6,794 157
2004 7,867 182
2006 15,465 352
2008 18,659 426
2010 23,684 530
2012 19,350 432
2014 10,372 280
2016 9,334 251
2018 9,575 257
2020 9,143 245

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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. 

                                                   GEORGIA

Year

Number in
pre-trial/remand
imprisonment

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2000
2005
2010
2015
2020

2,511
5,128
2,745
1,316
1,646

30.1%
59.2%
11.6%
13.5%
18.0%

57
117
61
35
44

2024

1,768

17.0%

46

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.

                                                   GEORGIA

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2000
2005
2007
2010
2012
2015
2020

219
283
799
1,174
926
309
333

2.6%
2.9%
4.4%
5.0%
4.8%
3.2%
3.6%

5.0
6.4
18.2
26.3
20.4
8.3
9.0

2024

407

3.9%

10.7

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