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Czech Republic

Capital city — Prague

  • Country population

    10,610,000
    i
    2018
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    209
    i
    2018
    / ICPR
  • Type of government

    Parliamentary democracy
  • Human Development Index

    0.878
    i
    2016
    / UNDP
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    22,192
    i
    2018
    / ICPR
  • Prison density

    106 %
    i
    2017
    / ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    35
    i
    2016
  • An NPM has been established

    yes

    since 2006

  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    7.4 %
    i
    2018
    / ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    8 %
    i
    2018
    / ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes

    since 1990

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An NPM has been established

yes

since 2006

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