Austria

Capital city — Vienna

Country population
9,104,772
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.922
18/188
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
9,171
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06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
100
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06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
12
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
108.6 %
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06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
27
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2012
Female prisoners
7.2 %
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06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1 %
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06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
20.3 %
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06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1950

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

32

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

5

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

35.2

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

5.5

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2012