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Greece

Capital city — Athens

Country population
10,724,599
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01/2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.872
(32/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.7
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human…
Total number of prisoners
11,354
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04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
106
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04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in months)
12.1
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119.
Prison density
113 %
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04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
34
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2014
Number and percentage of female prisoners
4.5 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
26.6 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2004
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Special populations

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of female prisoners

4.5 %

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01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.3 %

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01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

26.6 %

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01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2004

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