Estonia

Capital city — Tallinn

Country population
1,331,057
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.892
(29/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,272
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19/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
184.4
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 34.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
14.6
i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
77 %
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15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2006
Female prisoners
3.9 %
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19/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
i
19/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
19.9 %
i
19/07/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1998

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

15

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2019

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

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

4

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2019

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

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

61

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2019

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

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

16

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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 2006