Switzerland

Capital city — Bern

Country population
8,500,000
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2017
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Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
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Type of government
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Human Development Index
0.939
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2015
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Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.5
per 100,000 inhab…
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2016
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Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Federal Department of Justice and Polic…
Total number of prisoners
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Prison density
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Total number of prison facilities
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An NPM has been established
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Female prisoners
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Incarcerated minors
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Percentage of untried prisoners
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Death penalty is abolished
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Female prisoners at Tuilière (Vaud canton) have access to workshops on how to apply polish to artificial nails. The men attend carpentry workshops.

Updated on: 9/6/19

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11/06/2019

/ RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse)

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In Swiss prisons, women must pay for sanitary products. Poor women prisoners at Tuilière (Vaud canton) can only get a few. They have to fill out request forms to have access to sufficient sanitary products.

Updated on: 9/6/19

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11/06/2019

/ RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse)

Mail exchanged is subject to control

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The Federal Court of the canton of Zurich stopped a prisoner from sending a love letter to his imprisoned wife. The wife told inspectors that she was planning to leave her husband. The Court and the Zurich Public Prosecutor’s Office consider that he could have been able to influence his wife’s decision. The letter may have persuaded her to testify in favour of her husband.

Updated on: 9/6/19

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14/06/2019

/ Tribune de Genève