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Sweden

Capital city — Stockholm

  • Country population

    10,230,185
    i
    01/2019
    / Eurostat
  • Type of government

    Constitutional Monarchy
  • Human Development Index

    0.937

    (8/188)

    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    1.1
    i
    2017
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    6,109
    i
    01/2019
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    59.7
    i
    01/2019
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    8.2
    i
    2018
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 120
  • Prison density

    93 %
    i
    01/2019
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 72
  • Total number of prison facilities

    79
    i
    2015
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, since 2005
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    5.6 %
    i
    01/2019
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 44
  • Incarcerated minors

    0.3 %
    i
    10/2016
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    28.1 %
    i
    01/2019
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 48
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1972
    i
    PdM
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An NPM has been established

yes, since 2005

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