Germany

Capital city — Berlin

Country population
83,200,000
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2017
/ World Prison Brief
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
77
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2017
/ ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional federal republic, with p…
Human Development Index
0.926
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
64,223
i
2017
/ ICPR
Prison density
87 %
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2017
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
183
i
2016
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2008
Female prisoners
5.9 %
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2017
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
20.9 %
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2017
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1949 (RFA)…

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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

77

i

2017

/ ICPR

Total number of prisoners

64,223

i

2017

/ ICPR

Prison density

87 %

i

2017

/ ICPR

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

183

i

2016

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

73,742

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2017

/ ICPR