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Croatia
Capital city —
Zagreb
Country population
4,065,253
i
2020
/
World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.851
(43/188)
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.6
i
2020
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Administration and…
Total number of prisoners
3,413
i
15/04/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
87
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 34.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i
2020
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 125.
Prison density
87 %
i
15/04/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
23
i
2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2011
Female prisoners
5.7 %
i
01/01/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.4 %
i
01/01/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
35.4 %
i
01/01/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990
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Year
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2021
2020
2018
Introduction
Overview
Organisation
Prison population
Prison facilities
Staff
Safeguards
Physical integrity
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Minors
Foreign prisoners
Long-term prisoners
Untried prisoners
Elderly prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Security, order, and discipline
Incidents
Print
Safeguards
Physical integrity
Number of deaths in custody
26
i
2019
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 113.
Number of deaths attributed to suicide
1
i
2019
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 113.
Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)
74
i
2019
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 113.
Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)
3
i
2019
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 113.
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2011
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