Poland

Capital city — Warsaw

Country population
36,753,736
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
197
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Semi-presidential republic
Human Development Index
0.876
(34/191)
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2021
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.7
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2020
/ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
The prison admini…
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(Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwosci)
Total number of prisoners
73,670
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5.5
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01/01/2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 31.
Prison density
87.2 %
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30/04/2024
/ World prison brief
Total number of prison facilities
215
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2008
Female prisoners
5.2 %
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.3 %
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31/12/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
Percentage of untried prisoners
11.1 %
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1997
The last executio…

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