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Sweden
Capital city —
Stockholm
Country population
9,960,000
i
2016
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
57
i
2016
/
ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy with parliament…
Human Development Index
0.913
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
5,630
i
2016
/
ICPR
Prison density
84 %
i
2016
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
79
An NPM has been established
Yes
since 2005
Female prisoners
6.1 %
i
2016
/
ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
23.7 %
i
2015
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1972
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Introduction
Overview
Prison population
Organisation
Prison facilities
Safeguards
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Foreign prisoners
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Special populations
Female prisoners
6.1 %
(346)
i
2016
/
ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
23.7 %
(1,337)
i
2015
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1972
Number and percentage of foreign prisoners
30.9 %
among convicted prisoners
i
2015
/
ICPR
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