| Country | Turkmenistan |
|---|
| Ministry responsible |
Ministry of Internal Affairs
|
|---|---|
| Head of prison administration (and title) | Rahman Khaitmuradov
|
| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | Circa
35 000
at early 2021 (Analytical Center for Central Asia)
|
|---|---|
| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | Circa
576
based on an estimated national population of 6.08 million at beginning of 2021 (from United Nations figures)
|
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | Circa
14.0%
(January 2010)
|
| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | Circa
6.5%
(2013)
|
| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 0.7%
(2006 - under 18)
|
| Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 0.7%
(2006)
|
| Number of establishments / institutions | 27
(2017)
|
| Official capacity of prison system | 12 882
(2006)
|
| Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | 85.0%
(2006)
|
| Prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
|
|---|
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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.
TURKMENISTAN
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
2003 | 1,507 | 9.7% | 32.4 |
2013 | c. 2,000 | c. 6.5% | c. 38.2 |
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.)