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Estonia

Capital city — Tallinn

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Country-profile

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison service

66259133

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 131.

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

2,272

i
19/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Variation in the number of prisoners

26.94% decrease

(between 2008 and 2018)

i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

4,047

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2020, p. 30.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

7.14% decrease

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2020, p. 30.

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

184.4

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 34.

Variation in the incarceration rate

29% decrease

(between 2010 and 2020)

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 35.

Number of admissions

1,997

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 97.

Number of releases

1,945

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 104.

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

14.6

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.

Prison density

77 %

i
15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

3

i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

3,097

i
15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

518

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 83.

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 5.6

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 86.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

-

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 83.

Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff

-

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p.84.