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Switzerland

Capital city — Bern

Country population
8,500,000
i
2017
/ UNPD
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
-
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
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Federal Department of Justice and Police
Total number of prisoners
-
Prison density
-
Total number of prison facilities
-
An NPM has been established
-
Number and percentage of female prisoners
-
Incarcerated minors
-
Untried prisoners
-
Death penalty is abolished
-

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Year2019

Contributor(s)Daniel Fink, Infoprisons

Introduction

Introduction

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