Croatia

Capital city — Zagreb

Country population
4,076,246
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01/2019
/ Eurostat
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
79
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.837
(46/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.1
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Administration and…
Total number of prisoners
3,217
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
4.7
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
80 %
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
23
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2011
Female prisoners
5.3 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 43
Incarcerated minors
0.8 %
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01/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
31 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 47
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990
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PdM

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Safeguards

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2011