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Serbia

Capital city — Belgrade

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Country-profile

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison service

101678264.00

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

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

10,543

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09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Variation in the number of prisoners

11.86% increase

(between 2008 and 2018)

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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

2,420

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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 2020, p. 30.

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

160

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 34.

Variation in the incarceration rate

4.4% increase

(between 2010 and 2020)

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

Number of admissions

21,970

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

Number of releases

21,666

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

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

5.8

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

Prison density

106 %

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15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

30

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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

10,323

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15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

2,341

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

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 4.7

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

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

450

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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

10.9 %

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p.84.