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Sweden
Capital city —
Stockholm
Country population
10,353,442
i
2020
/
World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.945
(7/188)
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.1
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
7,000
i
01/05/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
65
i
01/01/2020
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
4
i
2019
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 124.
Prison density
102 %
i
01/05/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
79
i
2015
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2005
Female prisoners
6.1 %
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 46
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
i
01/10/2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
28 %
(1.875)
i
01/10/2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1972
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2021
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