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Austria

Capital city — Vienna

Country population
8,858,775
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01/2019
/ Statistik Austria
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
95
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.914
(20/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.7
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
8,471
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in months)
10.3
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
96 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
28
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02/2020
/ Austrian Judiciary
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2012
Number and percentage of female prisoners
6.6 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.5 %
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01/2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2018, p. 38
Untried prisoners
21 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1968
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Special populations

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of female prisoners

6.6 % (559)

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02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.5 %

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01/2018

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2018, p. 38

Untried prisoners

21 % (1,783)

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02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1968

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