Armenia is ranked the 82nd on the rating of Prison Policy Initiative – with 130 prisoners per 100,000 residents.
According to the organization’s survey, in the post-Soviet space Tajikistan demonstrates the best result – 121 prisoners. The following countries rank next: Uzbekistan – 150, Kyrgyzstan – 167, Ukraine – 173, Kazakhstan – 221, Estonia – 221, Moldova – 222, Latvia – 224, Azerbaijan – 236, Lithuania – 254, Georgia – 262, Belarus – 306, Russia – 453, and Turkmenistan – 583.
Armenia’s neighbors Turkey and Iran are ranked the 30th and the 17th with 238 and …read more
Source: Arminfo
