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Austria

Capital city — Vienna

  • Country population

    8,858,775
    i
    01/2019
    / Statistik Austria
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    95
    i
    02/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Parliamentary Republic
  • Human Development Index

    0.914

    (20/188)

    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    0.7
    i
    2017
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the prison…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    8,471
    i
    02/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Average length of imprisonment (in months)

    10.3
    i
    2018
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
  • Prison density

    96 %
    i
    02/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    28
    i
    02/2020
    / Austrian Judiciary
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, since 2012
  • Number and percentage of female prisoners

    6.6 %
    i
    02/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    1.5 %
    i
    01/2018
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2018, p. 38
  • Untried prisoners

    21 %
    i
    02/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1968
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