Portugal

Capital city — Lisbon

Country population
10,467,366
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
117
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01/06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary republic
Human Development Index
0.866
(38/191)
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2021
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.91
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2020
/ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
12,301
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01/06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
28.6
i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
96.7 %
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01/06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
49
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2021
/ prison administration
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2013
Female prisoners
7.3 %
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01/06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
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01/06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
22 %
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01/06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1976

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