Overview

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Federal Department of Justice and Police

Budget of the prison service

Data not disclosed

Total number of incarcerated people

6,881

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Variation in the number of prisoners

increase

The prison population increased by 6.76% between January 2023 (6,445)1 and January 2024 (6,881).


  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3. 

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

3,861

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2023, table 9.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

no significant change

The number of persons serving non-custodial sentences was 3,846 in January 2022.1


  1. Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9. 

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

77

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Variation in the incarceration rate

increase

The incarceration rate increased by 5.34% between January 2023 (73.1)1 and January 2024 (77).


  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3. 

Number of admissions

37,127

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 23.

Number of releases

Data not disclosed

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 26.

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

2

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.

Prison density

94.9 %

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Total number of prison facilities

88

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Total official capacity of the prison facilities

7,251

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Number of prison guards (FTE)

2,781.9

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31/01/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 19.

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 2.3

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 21.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

760.5

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

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

16.3 % (760.5)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.