Montenegro

Capital city — Podgorica

Country population
622,345
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.816
(51/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.4
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
State Administration for the Execution…
Total number of incarcerated people
1,154
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
186
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5.2
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 120.
Prison density
87 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 72.
Total number of prison facilities
3
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2011
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.6 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 44.
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.1 %
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09/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
29.2 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 48.
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2002
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

2.6 % (30)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 44.

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.1 %

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09/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

29.2 % (337)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 48.

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2002

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