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Malta

Capital city — Valletta

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Country-profile

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs

Budget of the prison service

16243264

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 130.

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

793

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.

Variation in the number of prisoners

39.41% increase

(between 2008 and 2018)

i
2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

Data not disclosed

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2020, p. 30.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

Data not disclosed

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2019, p. 22.

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

154

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.

Variation in the incarceration rate

9.4% increase

(between 2010 and 2020)

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 34.

Number of admissions

966

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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 97.

Number of releases

837

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 104

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

4

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.

Prison density

88.6 %

i
02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

1

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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

927

i
02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

301

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 83.

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 2.6

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 86.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

1

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 82.

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

0.3 %

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p.84.