Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska
Capital city — Banja Luka
Country population
i2019Type of government
Human Development Index
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of prisoners
i12/2020Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.Prison density
i12/2020Total number of prison facilities
i2021An NPM has been established
Female prisoners
i31/12/2020Incarcerated minors
i31/12/2020Percentage of untried prisoners
i31/12/2020Death penalty is abolished
+
Special populations
Women
Female prisoners
2.5 %
(14)
i
31/12/2020
Percentage of untried female prisoners
Data not disclosed
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46
Percentage of foreign female prisoners
Data not disclosed
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46
Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them
Data not disclosed
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33
Minors
Minimum age of imprisonment for minors
14 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42
Incarcerated minors
0.9 %
i
31/12/2020
Foreign prisoners
Number and percentage of foreign prisoners
Data not disclosed
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 63
Long-term prisoners
People serving a life sentence
Data not disclosed
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 54
Untried prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
13.8 %
(77)
i
31/12/2020
Elderly prisoners
Number and percentage of elderly prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2001
Number of death sentenced prisoners awaiting execution
-