Lithuania

Capital city — Vilnius

Country population
2,820,000
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2017
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
235
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2017
/ ICPR
Type of government
Republic with parliamentary regime
Human Development Index
0.83
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
6,616
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2017
/ ICPR
Prison density
83 %
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2017
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
11
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2017
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2014
Female prisoners
4.9 %
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2017
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
8.1 %
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2017
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1998

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.9 % (323)

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2017

/ ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

8.1 % (538)

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2017

/ ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 1998

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

1.7 %

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2017

/ [ICPR](http://www.prisonstudies.org /country/lithuania)