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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 incarcerated people

    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
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    5.7 %
    i
    01/01/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    1.4 %
    i
    01/01/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    35.4 %
    i
    01/01/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • The death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1990
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Number of escapes

23

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 117.
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