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Malta

Capital city — Valletta

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Country-profile
Year2021

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of female prisoners

7.1 % (58)
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02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried female prisoners

21.7 % (13)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

8.3 % (5)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 1 year old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.

Minors

Minimum age of juvenile incarceration

14 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.

Incarcerated minors

0 %

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02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
51.5 % (408)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 62.

People serving a life sentence

2.1 % (12)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53.
33.9 % (278)
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02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Elderly prisoners (≥60 years)

3.4 % (27)

(≥ 65 years old)

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42.

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2000