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Hungary

Capital city — Budapest

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Country-profile

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of the Interior

Budget of the prison service

25312155

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 130.

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

16,783

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.

Variation in the number of prisoners

10.58% increase

(between 2008 and 2018)

i
2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

Data not disclosed

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

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

Data not disclosed

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2019, p. 22.

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

172

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.

Variation in the incarceration rate

4.5% increase

(between 2010 and 2020)

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

Number of admissions

18,464

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

Number of releases

17,404

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

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

11

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

Prison density

96 %

i
31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

32

i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

17,402

i
13/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

3,077

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 82.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

472

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 82.

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

5.7 %

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 84.