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Switzerland

Capital city — Bern

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Country-profile

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Federal Department of Justice and Police

Budget of the prison service

Data not disclosed

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

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

6,316

i
31/01/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Variation in the number of prisoners

11.58% increase

(between 2010 and 2020)

i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

4,025

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2020, p. 31.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

Data not disclosed

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2020, p. 23.

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

80

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.

Variation in the incarceration rate

1.1% increase

(between 2010 and 2020)

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 35.

Number of admissions

47,588

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 98.

Number of releases

Data not disclosed

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

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

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

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

92

i
2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

7,397

i
31/01/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

2,291.6

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 83.

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 3

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

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

Data not disclosed

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 83.

Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff

Data not disclosed

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p.85.