Croatia

Capital city — Zagreb

Country population
4,065,253
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.851
(43/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.6
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Administration and…
Total number of prisoners
3,413
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15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
87
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 34.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.
Prison density
87 %
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15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
23
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2011
Female prisoners
5.7 %
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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.4 %
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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
35.4 %
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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

26

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

1

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

74

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

3

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2011