Lithuania

Capital city — Vilnius

Country population
2,794,700
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.882
(34/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.6
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2019
/ 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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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
219.7
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
9.4
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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
83 %
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04/2020
/ 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
3.7 %
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45
Incarcerated minors
0.1 %
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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
11.8 %
(726)
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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1998

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

24

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2019

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

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

7

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2019

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

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

39

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2019

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

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

11

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2019

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

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2014