As of December 2012, there were 12 correctional facilities in Armenia.
Armenian prisons are overcrowded.
In total of 12 facilities designed for 4,391 people, there were 4,697 prisoners in February 2012,[1] up by more than 400 compared to June 2009, when 4,294 prisoners were held in these facilities.
[2] A new prison is currently under construction in the city Armavir, not far from capital Yerevan.
It was scheduled to be completed in fall 2013.