Greece

Capital city — Athens

Country population
10,715,549
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.888
(32/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.9
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Transparency and H…
Total number of prisoners
11,459
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01/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
102.4
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 34.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
16.2
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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
113 %
i
15/08/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
34
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2014
Female prisoners
4.5 %
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
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01/06/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
26 %
(2 855)
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2004

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

23

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

4

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

21

i

2019

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

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

4

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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 2014