
Croatia
Capital city — Zagreb
Country population
i01/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Type of government
Human Development Index
0.851(43/188)
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of incarcerated people
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.Prison density
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.Total number of prison facilities
i2019An NPM has been established
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.Number and percentage of people awaitin…
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.The death penalty is abolished
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Overview
Organisation
Name of authority in charge of the prison administration
Ministry of Justice, Administration and Local Government
Budget of the prison administration
Prison population
Total number of incarcerated people
4,091
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Variation in the number of incarcerated people
increase
The prison population increased by 15.86% between December 2020 (3,531)1 and January 2023 (4,091).
Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2021, table 3. ↩
Number of people serving non-custodial sentences
3,913
i
31/01/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9.
Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences
increase
The number of persons serving non-custodial sentences increased by 10.29% between 2021 (3,548)1 and 2022 (3,913).
Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9. ↩
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
106.2
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Variation in the incarceration rate
increase
The incarceration rate increased by 10.4% between 2022 (96.2)1 and 2023 (106.2).
Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 3. ↩
Number of admissions
8,921
i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 23.
Number of releases
8,093
i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 26.
Average length of imprisonment (in months)
Data not disclosed
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.
Prison density
101 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.
Prison facilities
Total number of prison facilities
23
i
2019
Total official capacity of the prison facilities
4,052
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.
Staff
Number of prison guards (FTE)
1,560
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.
Guard to incarcerated person ratio
1 : 3.6
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 21.
Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)
450
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.
Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff
17.3 %
(450)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.