Estonia
Capital city — Tallinn
Country population
i01/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Type of government
Human Development Index
0.892(29/188)
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of prisoners
i03/03/2024Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i03/03/2024Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
i2022/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.Prison density
i03/03/2024Total number of prison facilities
i2022An NPM has been established
Female prisoners
i03/03/2024Incarcerated minors
i31/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.Percentage of untried prisoners
i03/03/2024Death penalty is abolished
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Special populations
Women
Female prisoners
4.8 %
(87)
i
03/03/2024
Percentage of untried female prisoners
15.8 %
(16)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Percentage of foreign female prisoners
37.6 %
(38)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them
yes, until 3 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.
Minors
Minimum age of imprisonment for minors
14 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.
Incarcerated minors
0.1 %
(3)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
Foreign prisoners
Number and percentage of foreign prisoners
33.1 %
(597)
i
03/03/2024
Long-term prisoners
People serving a life sentence
2 %
(36)
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31/01/2023
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Untried prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
17.2 %
(311)
i
03/03/2024
Elderly prisoners
Number and percentage of elderly prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1998