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Greece

Capital city — Athens

  • Country population

    10,715,549
    i
    2020
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    Parliamentary Republic
  • Human Development Index

    0.888

    (32/188)

    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    0.9
    i
    2020
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice, Transparency and H…
  • Total number of prisoners

    11,459
    i
    01/12/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    102.4
    i
    31/01/2020
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 34.
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    16.2
    i
    2019
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
  • Prison density

    113 %
    i
    15/08/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    34
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, since 2014
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    4.5 %
    i
    31/01/2020
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45
  • Incarcerated minors

    0.2 %
    i
    01/06/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    26 %

    (2 855)

    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 2004
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Security, order, and discipline

Number of escapes

19

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