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Croatia

Capital city — Zagreb

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Panorama

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice, Administration and Local Government

Budget of the prison service

82,253,757.59

EUR

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 33.

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

4,091

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.

Variation in the number of prisoners

increase

The prison population increased by 15.86% between December 2020 (3,531)1 and January 2023 (4,091).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2021, table 3. ↩

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

3,913

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31/01/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

increase

The number of persons serving non-custodial sentences increased by 10.29% between 2021 (3,548)1 and 2022 (3,913).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9. ↩

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

106.2

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.

Variation in the incarceration rate

increase

The incarceration rate increased by 10.4% between 2022 (96.2)1 and 2023 (106.2).

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

Number of admissions

8,921

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

Number of releases

8,093

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

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

Data not disclosed

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

Prison density

101 %

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

23

i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

4,052

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

1,560

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

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 3.6

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

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

450

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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

17.3 % (450)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.