Serbia

Capital city — Belgrade

Country population
6,908,224
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.806
(64/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.2
i
2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
10,543
i
09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
160
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 34.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5.8
i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
106 %
i
15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
30
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2011
Number and percentage of female prisone…
4.2 %
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.
Incarcerated minors
2.1 %
i
31/12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
17.2 %
(1903)
i
31/12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2002

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

63

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

5

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

57

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

4.5

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2011