Czech Republic

Capital city — Prague

Country population
10,649,800
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01/2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.891
(26/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.6
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
21,188
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
198
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
24.1
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
101 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
35
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2006
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
8.7 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.4 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
8.7 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

8.7 % (1,837)

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02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.4 % (85)

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02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

8.7 % (1,837)

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02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1990

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