Overview

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of the Interior

Budget of the prison service

359,522,698

EUR

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 33.

Total number of incarcerated people

18,270

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Variation in the number of prisoners

decrease

The prison population decreased by 9.65% between January 2023 (20,221)1 and December 2023 (18,270).


  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3. 

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

Data not disclosed

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31/01/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

Data not disclosed

The number of persons serving non-custodial sentences decreased by 5.17% between 2021 (38,310)1 and 2022 (36,328).


  1. Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9. 

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

192

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Variation in the incarceration rate

decrease

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2023

The incarceration rate decreased by 8.88% between January 2023 (210.7)1 and December 2023 (192).


  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3. 

Number of admissions

20,751

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 23.

Number of releases

19,853

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 26.

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

11.3

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.

Prison density

191.5 %

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Total number of prison facilities

30

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Total official capacity of the prison facilities

17,998

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Number of prison guards (FTE)

3,418

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 1.5

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 21.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

530

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

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

5.7 % (530)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.