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Austria

Capital city — Vienna

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Panorama

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison service

599,800,000

EUR

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2022
/ 599,800,000

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

9,171

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06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Variation in the number of prisoners

no significant change

The prison population was 9,088 in January 2022.1

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 3. ↩

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

15,066

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2023, table 9.

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

100

i
06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Variation in the incarceration rate

no significant change

The incarceration rate was 99.8 in January 2023.1

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3. ↩

Number of admissions

9,338

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 23.

Number of releases

8,772

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 26.

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

12

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.

Prison density

108.6 %

i
06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

27

i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

8,442

i
06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

3,154.2

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 2.9

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 21.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

65.2

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff

1.5 % (65.2)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.