Estonia

Capital city — Tallinn

Country population
1,365,884
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.892
(29/188)
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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
1,805
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03/03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
129
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03/03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
20
i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
61.9 %
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03/03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2006
Female prisoners
4.8 %
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03/03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.1 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
Percentage of untried prisoners
17.2 %
i
03/03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1998

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

6

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

1

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

29.2

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

4.9

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2006