Estonia

Capital city — Tallinn

Country population
1,324,820
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01/2019
/ Eurostat
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
184
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.882
(30/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.2
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,451
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
16.1
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
77 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2006
Female prisoners
4.1 %
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.4 %
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
18.7 %
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1998
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.1 % (100)

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03/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.4 % (10)

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03/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

18.7 % (458)

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03/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1998

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