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Germany
Capital city —
Berlin
Country population
84,358,845
i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
68.9
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 3.
Type of government
Federal parliamentary democracy
Human Development Index
0.942
(9/191)
i
2022
/ United Nations Development Program, "
Human Development Reports
"
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.93
i
2018
/
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Federal Ministry of Justice and Consume…
Each federal stat…
Total number of prisoners
58,098
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 3.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
4.6
i
2021
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2022
, table 31.
Prison density
80.1 %
i
31/03/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
179
including 13 open…
i
2018
An NPM has been established
yes
The MNP initially…
Female prisoners
5.7 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 7a.
Incarcerated minors
1 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 6.
Percentage of untried prisoners
20.2 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 8.
Death penalty is abolished
yes, in 1949 in the FRG and in 1987 in…
The death penalty…
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CAT
- United Nations Convention Against Torture
CISST
- Civil Society in the Penal System
CPT
- European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
EU
- European Union
DFR
- Federal Republic of Germany
RDA
- German Democratic Republic
GG-BO
- Prisoners’ Union - National Federation (Gefangener Gewerkschaft - Bundesweite Organisation)
HIV
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus
ICPR
- Institute for Criminal Policy Research
LGBTI
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex persons
MNP
- National Preventive Mechanism
OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OHCHR
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OPCAT
- Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
PPP
- Private-Public Partnership
SPACE
- Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics
SPT
- Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
TCPS
- Turkey’s Center for Prison Studies (Centre turc d’études sur la prison)
WHO
- World Health Organisation
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