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Switzerland
Capital city —
Bern
Country population
8,636,896
i
2020
/
World Bank
Type of government
Federal state
(with directorate…
Human Development Index
0.955
(2/188)
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.6
i
2020
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Federal Department of Justice and Polic…
Total number of prisoners
6,316
i
31/01/2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
80
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
1.7
i
2019
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 125.
Prison density
85.4 %
i
31/01/2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
92
i
2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2009
Female prisoners
5.8 %
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 46.
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
i
31/01/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
45.7 %
i
31/01/2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1999
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Organisation
Prison population
Prison facilities
Staff
Safeguards
Physical integrity
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Minors
Foreign prisoners
Long-term prisoners
Untried prisoners
Elderly prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Security, order, and discipline
Incidents
Print
Security, order, and discipline
Incidents
Number of escapes
196
i
2019
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 117.
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