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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska

Capital city — Banja Luka

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Panorama

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison service

Data not disclosed

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 131.

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

556

i
12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Variation in the number of prisoners

24.38 % decrease

(between 2010 and 2018)

i
2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

Data not disclosed

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

65

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.

Variation in the incarceration rate

10.9% decrease

(between 2010 and 2020)

Number of admissions

Data not disclosed

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 97.

Number of releases

Data not disclosed

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 104

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

Data not disclosed

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.

Prison density

42 %

i
12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

6

i
2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

1,321

i
31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

Data not disclosed

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 83

Guard to prisoner ratio

Data not disclosed

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 87

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

Data not disclosed

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 83

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

Data not disclosed

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 83