Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska

Capital city — Banja Luka

Country population
3,323,929
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
46
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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.769
(75/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.2
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
556
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31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
7.4
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2017
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2018, p. 107
Prison density
42 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
6
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.5 %
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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.9 %
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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
13.8 %
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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2001
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

2.5 % (14)

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12/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.9 %

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12/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

13.8 % (77)

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12/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2001

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