Europe · Eastern Europe

Ukraine

High confidence

Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 31 Dec 2023

Fresh · 1mo ago

Significant population decline since 2014 (loss of facilities in Crimea + occupied Donbas).

Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date.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

44,024

Year: 2023

Rate per 100,000

116

Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

53.9%

At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

36.5%

Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

5.6%

Foreign nationals

1.9%

Conditions risk — across 404 facilities

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

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national average

404 unknown

abolitionist on capital punishment since 2000. Last known execution: 1997.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.

1,095 documented human-rights cases →

Historical detention sites

Ukraine — wartime detention catalogue (35)

How Ukraine compares

vs Europe (16) & global averages

Rate per 100,000this: 116 · region: 107 · global: 214

Occupancy ratethis: 54% · region: 99% · global: 125%

Pre-trial sharethis: 37% · region: 27% · global: 32%

The vertical ticks mark the global (grey) and regional (amber) means. Bars are clipped at the high end for readability.

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year

2000: 218,800-80.5% over 23y2023: 42,708

Source: World Prison Brief / unodc / Council of Europe SPACE I

What we know — and don't

Transparency about the boundaries of this data. Click sources where linked.

What we don't know

Conditions in occupied territories not within national MoJ reporting.

Prisons in Ukraine

Browse all 404 →

404 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

23 zona

Ukraine

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Acmecetca concentration camp

Ukraine

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Alekseevskaia ispravitel'naia koloniia No. 25

Ukraine

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Alexandrodar concentration camp

Ukraine

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Ananiev concentration camp

Ukraine

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Arbuzins'ka vipravna koloniia No. 83

Ukraine

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Arsenal, Kherson

Ukraine

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Azovskii ITL

Ukraine

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Azovskoe LO

Ukraine

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Bakhmuts'kii SIZO

Ukraine

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Balanovca concentration camp

Ukraine

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Balchi concentration camp

Ukraine

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Balin Ghetto

Ukraine

Type

Ghetto

Capacity

—

Held

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Balta concentration camp

Ukraine

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

—

Held

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Basivka concentration camp

Ukraine

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

—

Held

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Belokorovicheskii lager' OITK NKVD BSSR

Ukraine

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Berdichev concentration camp

Ukraine

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Berežany concentration camp

Ukraine

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

—

Held

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Berezovca concentration camp

Ukraine

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Bernandovca concentration camp

Ukraine

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

—

Held

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Berşad concentration camp

Ukraine

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Bilen'kivs'ka vipravna koloniia No. 99

Ukraine

Type

—

Capacity

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Held

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Birzula concentration camp

Ukraine

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Bobric concentration camp

Ukraine

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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See all 404 prisons in Ukraine →

Data completeness

100%

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

National population: 37,860,0002023
Source-verified: 20 May 2026
Source links: 2 cited

Sources

Direct citations for the figures on this page.

Primary reference
Council of Europe â SPACE statistics — Council of Europe
World Prison Brief (ICPS, Birkbeck) — Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research
See /data-sources for our methodology.

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: UKR