Austria

Capital city — Vienna

Country population
8,858,775
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01/2019
/ Statistik Austria
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
95
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.914
(20/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.7
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
8,471
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
10.3
i
2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
96 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
28
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02/2020
/ Austrian Judiciary
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2012
Female prisoners
6.6 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.5 %
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01/2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2018, p. 38
Percentage of untried prisoners
21 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1968
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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

95

i

02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of prisoners

8,471

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02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

10.3

i

2018

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119

Prison density

96 %

i

02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

28

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02/2020

/ Austrian Judiciary