According to the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat), as of 30 September 2026, a total of 12,375 people were held in the country’s penitentiary institutions, including 11,735 men and 640 women. Citing the Special Penitentiary Service, the outlet Publika reports that the total number of accused and convicted individuals accounts for 0.31% of Georgia’s population.
According to data from the Analytical Division of the Administrative Department of the Special Penitentiary Service, as of 1 January 2026, the country’s total population stood at 3,941,103 people, including 1,887,646 men and 2,053,457 women.
Accordingly, the number of men held in penitentiary facilities (11,735) represents 0.62% of the male population, while the number of women (640) accounts for 0.03% of the female population.
By late September 2026, of the 12,375 people in the penitentiary system, 2,765 were accused individuals and 9,610 were convicts. Thus, defendants accounted for 22.3% of the total, while convicted prisoners made up 77.7%.
During the reporting period, accused individuals were held in eight penitentiary facilities. The largest number was registered at Facility No. 8 (in Tbilisi’s Gldani district). Convicts were distributed across 14 penitentiary facilities, with Facility No. 15 holding the highest number of prisoners.
According to the report by the Special Penitentiary Service, broken down by gender and age, adult men constituted the largest demographic group among the accused and convicted—11,558 individuals. By age group, the highest percentage fell into the category of accused and convicted individuals aged 41 to 49.
As of late September 2026, there were 191 juvenile accused and convicted individuals in the penitentiary system, representing 1.5% of the total prison population.
Of these, 72 were accused persons, including four girls. Juvenile defendants accounted for 2.6% of the total accused population and 37.7% of all juvenile detainees and convicts.
As for juvenile convicts, their number stood at 119, including 10 girls. Juvenile convicts made up 1.2% of all convicted persons and 62.3% of all juvenile detainees and convicts.
According to Geostat data, the total capacity across the 14 facilities subordinate to the penitentiary system is 12,548. As of 30 September 2026, the 12,375 people held in custody was 173 individuals, or 1.4%, below the established threshold.
A comparison with established accommodation limits in penitentiary facilities indicates that prisoner numbers exceed capacity in three of the 14 institutions, while the remaining 11 have vacancies.
At the same time, despite the total number of prisoners in the penitentiary system remaining below overall designated capacity, three facilities house more inmates than permitted. These are Gldani Facility No. 8, Kutaisi Facility No. 2, and Ksani Penitentiary Facility No. 15.
The largest excess over the designated limit was recorded at Ksani Facility No. 15, holding 555 people over capacity—a 34.6% overcrowding rate.
Gldani Facility No. 8 holds 742 inmates above capacity (30.59%), while Kutaisi Facility No. 2 exceeds its limit by 292 individuals (27.34%).
According to Geostat, as of the end of September 2026, the 9,610 convicts held in penitentiary facilities accounted for 77.7% of the total prison population (accused and convicted).
By severity of the offense, the majority of convicts were serving sentences for especially grave crimes—4,421 individuals. A further 3,939 people were convicted of grave crimes.
By category of crime, the largest share of convicts was serving sentences for offenses against public safety and public order—4,530 individuals (32.94%).
Crimes against the person accounted for 4,245 convictions (30.87%), while economic crimes made up 3,873 (28.16%).
Data for other categories break down as follows:
- Crimes against the state — 513 convicts (3.73%);
- Crimes against the judiciary — 586 convicts (4.26%);
- Crimes against environmental protection regulations and natural resource management — 3 convicts (0.02%);
- Crimes against military service — 2 convicts (0.01%);
- Crimes against humanity — 0 convicts (0%).
Within the penitentiary system, facility types had been determined for 9,419 of the 9,610 convicts, while 191 were awaiting classification decisions.
The breakdown of the total number of convicted individuals is as follows:
- Semi-open facilities — 5,552 convicts (57.77%);
- Closed-type facilities — 2,913 convicts (30.31%);
- Specialized facilities for women — 443 convicts (4.61%);
- High-risk facilities — 236 convicts (2.46%);
- Low-risk facilities — 194 convicts (2.02%);
- Juvenile rehabilitation facilities — 81 convicts (0.84%);
- Under classification / awaiting placement — 191 convicts (1.99%).
