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Compare Latvia

Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

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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Figures from official sources · methodology

Conditions risk — across 47 facilities

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

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national average
47 unknown
abolitionist on capital punishment since 2012. Last known execution: 1996.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.
76 documented human-rights cases →

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year
2003: 8,305-57.8% over 22y2025: 3,505

Source: unodc / eurostat / Council of Europe SPACE I

Health & mortality

Custodial mortality + prison-health indicators aggregated from national statistics offices, UCLA custodial mortality dataset, and Marshall Project COVID tracking.

Indicators (latest by source)

  • Mortality Rate

    290.79per_100k_pa

    2020 · source: who-hiped

  • Mental Health

    1,545count

    2020 · source: who-hiped

  • Hiv Prevalence

    509count

    2020 · source: who-hiped

  • Tb Incidence

    20count

    2020 · source: who-hiped

  • Hcv Prevalence

    1,038count

    2020 · source: who-hiped

Prisons in Latvia

Browse all 47 →

47 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Brasas cietums

Latvia · RÄ«ga

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Cesu audzinasanas iestade nepilngadigajiem

Latvia · Cēsis

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Daugavgriva prison

Latvia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Daugavpils Ghetto

Latvia

Type

Ghetto

Capacity

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Held

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Daugavpils prison

Latvia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Dondangen I concentration camp

Latvia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Dondangen II concentration camp

Latvia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Dünaburg concentration camp

Latvia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Elley-Meiten concentration camp

Latvia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Fortification of the forebridge

Latvia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Gawesen concentration camp

Latvia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Ilguciems Women's Prison

Latvia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Jekabpils cietums

Latvia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Jelgavas cietums

Latvia · Jelgava

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Jungfernhof concentration camp

Latvia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Kalleten concentration camp

Latvia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Kudupe concentration camp

Latvia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Kuldiga Ghetto

Latvia

Type

Ghetto

Capacity

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Held

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Kurben concentration camp

Latvia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Libau concentration camp

Latvia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Liepaiskii kontsentratsionnyi lager'

Latvia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Liepajas cietums

Latvia · Liepāja

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Misshof concentration camp

Latvia

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Olaines cietums (Latvijas Cietumu slimnica)

Latvia · Olaine

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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See all 47 prisons in Latvia →

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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Sources

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  • See /data-sources for our methodology.
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
LVA

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Latvia — prison statistics. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/countries/latvia
Chicago
"Latvia — prison statistics." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/countries/latvia.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-latvia,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Latvia — prison statistics},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/latvia},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}