Switzerland

Capital city — Bern

Country population
8,500,000
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2017
/ UNPD
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
77
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2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
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Human Development Index
0.939
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2015
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.5
per 100,000 inhab…
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Federal Department of Justice and Polic…
Total number of prisoners
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Prison density
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Total number of prison facilities
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An NPM has been established
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Female prisoners
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Incarcerated minors
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Percentage of untried prisoners
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Death penalty is abolished
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Contributor(s)Daniel Fink, Infoprisons