Lithuania

Capital city — Vilnius

Country population
2,794,184
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01/2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.869
(34/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.5
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
6,138
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
221
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
9.3
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2018
/ EN : Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
85 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
9
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2014
Female prisoners
4.7 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.7 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
11.8 %
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01/2020
/ 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

4.7 % (288)

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01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.7 % (43)

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01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

11.8 % (726)

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01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1998

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