Austria
Capital city — Vienna
Country population
i01/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Type of government
Human Development Index
0.92218/188
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of prisoners
i06/2024Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i06/2024Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
i2022/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.Prison density
i06/2024Total number of prison facilities
i2020An NPM has been established
Female prisoners
i06/2024Incarcerated minors
i06/2024Percentage of untried prisoners
i06/2024Death penalty is abolished
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Special populations
Women
Female prisoners
7.2 %
(657)
i
06/2024
Percentage of untried female prisoners
23.1 %
(138)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Percentage of foreign female prisoners
36.7 %
(219)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them
yes, until 3 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.
Minors
Minimum age of imprisonment for minors
14 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.
Incarcerated minors
1 %
(92)
i
06/2024
Foreign prisoners
Number and percentage of foreign prisoners
53.2 %
(4,879)
i
06/2024
Long-term prisoners
People serving a life sentence
1.2 %
(111)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 10.
Untried prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
20.3 %
(1,866)
i
06/2024
Elderly prisoners
Number and percentage of elderly prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1950