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Greece

Capital city — Athens

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Country-profile

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of female prisoners

4.5 % (491)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45

Percentage of untried female prisoners

20.6 % (101)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

32 % (157)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 3 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.

Minors

Minimum age of juvenile incarceration

15 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.

Incarcerated minors

0.2 %

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01/06/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
57.8 % (6,347)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 63.

People serving a life sentence

11.7 % (949)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53.

26 %

(2 855)

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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Elderly prisoners (≥60 years)

3.1 % (340)

(≥ 65 years old)

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42.

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2004