Lithuania
Capital city — Vilnius
Country population
i01/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Type of government
Human Development Index
0.882(34/188)
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of incarcerated people
i01/01/2024Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i01/01/2024Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
i2022/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.Prison density
i01/01/2024Total number of prison facilities
i2024An NPM has been established
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
i01/01/2024Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
i01/01/2024Number and percentage of people awaitin…
i01/01/2024The death penalty is abolished
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Special populations
Women
Number and percentage of incarcerated women
4.5 %
(206)
i
01/01/2024
Percentage of untried women in prison
13.1 %
(28)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Percentage of incarcerated women who are foreign nationals
1.9 %
(4)
i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them
yes, until 3 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.
Children
Minimum age of imprisonment for children
14 years old
i
2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 5.
Number and percentage of incarcerated children
0.2 %
(9)
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01/01/2024
Foreign nationals
Number and percentage of foreign nationals in prison
3.4 %
(155)
i
01/01/2024
People serving long-term sentences
People serving a life sentence
2.2 %
(102)
i
2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 10.
People awaiting trial
Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison
11.8 %
(538)
i
01/01/2024
Elderly people
Number and percentage of incarcerated elderly people
People sentenced to death
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1998