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Portugal
Capital city —
Lisbon
Country population
10,291,027
i
2017
/
UNDP
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
126
i
2018
/
ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary republic
Human Development Index
0.847
(41/188)
i
2017
/
UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.6
i
2016
/
UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
12,806
Figures excluding…
i
15/11/2018
/
DGRSP
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
31
i
2015
/ Council of Europe, "
SPACE I
", 2016, p. 112.
Prison density
99 %
i
15/11/2018
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
49
i
2018
/
DGRSP
An NPM has been established
yes
in 2013
Number and percentage of female prisone…
6.3 %
i
15/11/2018
/
DGRSP
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
2017
/
DGRSP
Untried prisoners
17.3 %
i
15/11/2018
/
DGRSP
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1976
"Human life…
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AIDS
- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
CGP
-
Corpo da guarda prisional
(penitentiary police corps)
CPT
- European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
DGPJ
-
Direção-Geral da Política de Justiça
(Directorate General for justice policy)
DGRSP
-
Direção-Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais
(Directorate General of reintegration and prison services)
GISP
-
Grupo de Intervenção de Segurança Prisional
(Prison security intervention group)
HIV
- Human immunodeficiency virus
LGBTI
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex
NGO
- Non-governmental organization
NPM
- National prevention mechanism
OPCAT
- Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
PEP
- Personal educational project
RNR
- Risk-need-responsivity
SNS
-
Serviço Nacional de Saúde
(Health national service)
SPACE I
- Statistiques Pénales Annuelles du Conseil de l’Europe (Council of Europe annual penal statistics)
SPT
- Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
STD
- Sexually transmitted disease
UNCAT
- United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
UNDP
- United Nations Development Programme
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