"People". The number of people in prisons has increased. Nikol Pashinyan cheated. part 180

"Zhoghovurd" daily writes: "In 2018, Nikol Pashinyan announced at a rally in Republic Square, when he was summing up his 100 days in office, that our goal is not to fill people's prisons, but no one will avoid responsibility.
2020 During the press conference held on May 16, Nikol Pashinyan read "100 facts about New Armenia", the 79th of which was as follows: "In recent years, the number of persons prosecuted continues to decrease. In particular, the number of people convicted in 2017 was 2410, in 2018 - 1963, and in 2019 - 1556."
However, in the same year of Nikol Pashinyan's speech, the number of prisoners in Armenia increased dramatically. In particular, the Zhoghovurd daily found out from the official data of the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia that in fact, during the rule of Nikol Pashinyan, the prisons were full, the picture is as follows
2018 - 1963
By the way, according to the same official data, 68 imprisoned persons died in Armenia in 2019-2022.
Nikol Pashinyan announced that, "In recent years, the number of persons brought to court continues to decrease. In particular, in 2017, the number of convicted persons was 2410, in 2018 - 1963. However, during his tenure, prisons were overcrowded
2018 - 1963 imprisoned