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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
i
PdM
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2020
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Women
Minors
Untried prisoners
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Women
Number and percentage of female prisoners
6.6 %
(559)
i
02/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Minors
Incarcerated minors
1.5 %
i
01/2018
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2018
, p. 38
Untried prisoners
21 %
(1,783)
i
02/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1968
i
PdM
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