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North Macedonia

Capital city — Skopje

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Panorama

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

3.7 % (97)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Percentage of untried women in prison

8.2 % (8)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 7.

Percentage of incarcerated women who are foreign nationals

3.1 % (3)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 7.

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until the age of 1

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2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 2.3.

Children

Minimum age of imprisonment for children

16 years old

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2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 5.

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.4 % (10)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.

Foreign nationals

Number and percentage of foreign nationals in prison

7.4 % (194)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 12.

People serving long-term sentences

People serving a life sentence

1.8 % (47)
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2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 10.

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

12.3 % (320)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.

Elderly people

Number and percentage of incarcerated elderly people

2.7 % (70)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1991