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Switzerland
Capital city —
Bern
Country population
8,500,000
i
2017
/
UNPD
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
77
i
2024
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
-
Human Development Index
0.939
i
2015
/
UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.5
per 100,000 inhab…
i
2016
/
UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Federal Department of Justice and Polic…
Total number of incarcerated people
-
Prison density
-
Total number of prison facilities
-
An NPM has been established
-
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
-
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
-
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
-
The death penalty is abolished
-
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2019
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Daniel Fink, Infoprisons
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Country population
8,500,000
i
2017
/
UNPD
Type of government
-
Human Development Index
0.939
i
2015
/
UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.5
per 100,000 inhabitants
i
2016
/
UNDP
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