Education in prisons of Latvia

1. Education in prisons of Latvia

2. Numberof prisoners (01.01.2010.) • Total number - 7055 • 5055 sentenced • 2000 under pre-trial detention

3. Location of inmates in prisons • Correctional institutions for juveniles -1,4 % • Open prisons - 3,0 % • Semi-closed prisons - 13,3 % • Closed prisons - 54,1 % • Investigative prisons - 28,2 %

4. Breakdown of prisoners by age

5. Length of sentences (imprisonment) • Average length of imprisonment in Latvia - 4,46 years • males - 4,6 years • females - 3,5 years

6. Released in 2009 year • Total number -2511 from them: • after the end of the sentence period –1892 • before the end of the sentence period – 600 • released owing to hard illnes -11 • released owing to amnesty -8

7. Education in prison. The management of educational process in prisons are organized in line with "The politics of inmates education for 2006-2012" In the course of the 2009 year 2439 inmates engage in less primary, primary, general, vocational, higher and informal education programs.

8. Education programs and number of inmates

9. General education

10. General education • 955 prisoners from 12 prisons were involved in general education programs

11. Vocational education

12. Vocational education 1040 inmates from 9 prisons were involved in vocational training programs, that have been accredited by the state

13. Specialities • Elektrician (Jelgava, Jēkabpis, Rīgas Centrācietums) • Stoker (Jēkabpils) • Tailor(Iļģuciems, Brasa, Rīgas Centrālcietums, Jelgava) • Woodworker’s (Jēkabpils, Daugavgrīva, Šķirotava, Valmiera) • Welder (Jelgava, Jēkabpils, Šķirotava, Valmiera) • Lathe operator (Jēkabpils) • Finishing worker (Jēkabpils) • Bricklayer (Daugavgrīva) • Cook’s mate (Iļģuciems, Jēkabpils) • Hairdresser (Iļģuciems)

14. Informal education

15. Informal education 430 inmates from 9 prisons were involved in informal programs