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North Macedonia

Capital city — Skopje

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Panorama

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison administration

22,818,148

EUR

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

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

2,606

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.

Variation in the number of incarcerated people

increase

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 3.

The prison population increased by 10.33% between 2022 (2,362)1 and 2023 (2,606).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 3. ↩

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

178

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2023, table 9.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

Data not disclosed

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2020, p. 30.

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

142.4

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.

Variation in the incarceration rate

increase

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 3.

The incarceration rate increased by 25.46% between 2022 (113.5)1 and 2023 (142.4).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 3. ↩

Number of admissions

10,605

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

Number of releases

2,187

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

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

2.8

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

Prison density

101.3 %

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

Data not disclosed

i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

2,573

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

692

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

Guard to incarcerated person ratio

1 : 3

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

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

53

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

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

5.6 % (53)
i
2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.