16/09/2014 12:45
Haykakan Zhamanak: Number of female inmates on rise in Armenia
According to the latest data of Armenia’s National Statistical Service, 239 women were sentenced to prison in Armenia in 2013, which exceeds the 2012 index by 13%, ‘Haykakan Zhamanak’ daily says.
“The number of female convicts grew by 41% in 2013 as compared to 2008. In the past five years, the largest number of women (353) were convicted in 2009 ,” the daily writes.