Distribution of prisoners in the prisons and the juvenile reformatories of the Republic of Bulgaria (2015 – 2024)

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Distribution of prisoners in the prisons and the juvenile reformatories of the Republic of Bulgaria (2015 – 2024) (by sex)

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Total number of prisoners	7870	7408	7345	6988	6651	6448	6251	5873	5513	5543
Convicted	7201	6719	6758	6349	6042	5825	5574	5328	5006	5223
Accused	190	188	164	168	163	162	162	123	232	35
Defendants	479	501	423	471	446	461	515	422	275	285
of which:
Males (total)	7611	7162	7117	6770	6438	6232	6059	5663	5309	5318
Convicted	6963	6494	6543	6144	5849	5624	5407	5142	4829	5014
Accused	181	186	161	163	159	160	159	118	230	35
Defendants	467	482	413	463	430	448	493	403	250	269
Females (total)	259	246	228	218	213	216	192	210	204	225
Convicted	238	225	215	205	193	201	167	186	177	209
Accused	9	2	3	5	4	2	3	5	2	0
Defendants	12	19	10	8	16	13	22	19	25	16
Foreign citizens (total)	232	242	215	186	161	137	109	159	134
Males	230	234	206	176	153	129	104	155	131
Females	2	8	9	10	8	8	5	4	3

Distribution of prisoners in the prisons and the juvenile reformatories of the Republic of Bulgaria (2015 – 2024) (by prison)

Prison / JR	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Belene	501	509	524	441	404	404	369	377	371	357
Bobov dol	461	477	466	439	424	398	390	373	325	312
Burgas	790	717	682	778	733	742	731	721	671	690
Varna	604	564	534	547	520	479	516	448	466	453
Vratsa	580	502	524	490	427	396	422	404	381	398
Lovech	778	678	700	692	672	632	574	547	508	494
Pazardzhik	409	582	460	374	317	307	320	311	299	284
Pleven	419	421	411	402	382	327	300	302	304	303
Plovdiv	618	628	595	579	618	688	633	547	457	424
Sliven	259	246	228	218	213	216	192	210	204	225
Sofia	1467	1407	1375	1350	1333	1271	1179	1066	960	1041
Stara Zagora	922	632	819	649	584	588	595	553	559	554
JR Vratsa (Boychinovtsi) (boys)	62	45	27	29	24	20	30	14	8	7
JR Sliven (girls)										1

Distribution of convicted persons in the prisons and the juvenile reformatories of the Republic of Bulgaria (2015 – 2024) (by prison)

Prison / JR	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Belene	468	479	496	417	376	376	335	350	357	350
Bobov dol	434	443	431	407	391	361	351	340	301	293
Burgas	741	687	628	724	685	690	647	662	595	672
Varna	541	505	492	501	469	426	450	391	414	418
Vratsa	551	478	502	464	406	375	398	381	374	383
Lovech	734	651	679	657	638	599	538	525	477	484
Pazardzhik	383	545	434	344	293	281	294	291	282	269
Pleven	393	391	393	368	357	287	284	278	270	273
Plovdiv	535	537	495	478	524	575	533	473	390	396
Sliven	238	225	215	205	193	201	167	186	177	209
Sofia	1268	1161	1211	1165	1156	1095	1014	927	855	931
Stara Zagora	863	580	758	601	540	546	546	515	509	539
JR Vratsa (Boychinovtsi) (boys)	52	37	24	18	14	13	17	9	5	5
JR Sliven (girls)										1

Distribution of accused persons in the prisons and the juvenile reformatories of the Republic of Bulgaria (2015 – 2024) (by prison)

Prison / JR	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Belene	8	10	5	6	31	6	5	3	2	0
Bobov dol	6	4	5	4	6	3	4	4	20	1
Burgas	18	10	22	19	31	17	41	39	57	14
Varna	9	10	10	15	17	17	19	12	15	6
Vratsa	10	12	6	11	10	12	5	4	3	0
Lovech	18	8	6	18	14	10	6	6	12	0
Pazardzhik	8	16	10	7	5	3	3	3	3	0
Pleven	8	1	5	4	5	22	7	6	14	3
Plovdiv	22	23	20	13	14	19	30	12	28	0
Sliven	9	2	3	5	4	2	3	5	2	0
Sofia	51	76	54	46	44	46	27	17	55	8
Stara Zagora	22	16	18	16	9	5	10	9	21	2
JR Vratsa (Boychinovtsi)	1	0	0	4	3	0	2	3	0	1

Distribution of defendants in the prisons and the juvenile reformatories of the Republic of Bulgaria (2015 – 2024) (by prison)

Prison / JR	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Belene	25	20	23	18	27	22	29	24	12	7
Bobov dol	21	30	30	28	27	34	35	29	4	18
Burgas	31	20	32	35	17	35	43	20	19	4
Varna	54	49	32	31	34	36	47	45	37	29
Vratsa	19	12	16	15	11	9	19	19	4	15
Lovech	26	19	15	17	20	23	30	16	19	10
Pazardzhik	18	21	16	23	19	23	23	17	14	15
Pleven	18	29	13	30	20	18	9	18	20	27
Plovdiv	61	68	80	88	80	74	70	62	39	28
Sliven	12	19	10	8	16	13	22	19	25	16
Sofia	148	170	110	139	133	130	138	122	50	102
Stara Zagora	37	36	43	32	35	37	39	29	29	13
JR Vratsa (Boychinovtsi)	9	8	3	7	7	7	11	2	3	1

Source: General Directorate Execution of Sentences, Ministry of Justice