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Bulgaria

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Prison population

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Sentenced + remand

Rate per 100,000

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Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

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At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

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Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

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Foreign nationals

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Conditions risk — across 37 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average
37 unknown
abolitionist on capital punishment since 1998. Last known execution: 1989.ICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.
206 documented human-rights cases →

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year
2003: 10,066-46.0% over 21y2024: 5,440

Source: unodc / eurostat / Council of Europe SPACE I

Prisons in Bulgaria

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37 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Belene labour camp

Bulgaria · Белене

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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bivshe TVU

Bulgaria

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Bobov Dol Prison

Bulgaria

Type

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Capacity

550

Held

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Burgas Prison

Bulgaria

Type

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Capacity

750

Held

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Dupnitsa concentration camp

Bulgaria

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Gara Bov concentration camp

Bulgaria

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Gonda voda

Bulgaria

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Gonda Voda concentration camp

Bulgaria

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Gorna Dzhumaya concentration camp

Bulgaria

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Gorna Oryahovitsa concentration camp

Bulgaria

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Ihtiman concentration camp

Bulgaria

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Kailŭka concentration camp

Bulgaria

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Krastopole Concentration Camp

Bulgaria

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Kremikovski zatvor

Bulgaria

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Krestopole concentration camp

Bulgaria

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Kutsiyan

Bulgaria

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Lovech Prison

Bulgaria · Ловеч

Type

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Capacity

825

Held

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Pazardzhik Prison

Bulgaria

Type

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Capacity

457

Held

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Pazardzhishki zatvor

Bulgaria

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Pleven Prison

Bulgaria

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Plovdiv Prison

Bulgaria

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Ribaritsa concentration camp

Bulgaria

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Shumen concentration camp

Bulgaria

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Sliven Prison

Bulgaria

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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See all 37 prisons in Bulgaria →

Data completeness

10%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population
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