North Macedonia

Capital city — Skopje

Country population
2,083,380
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.774
(82/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.2
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,114
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
102
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
13.9
i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.
Prison density
72 %
i
15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
13
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2011
i
2011
/ APT
Female prisoners
3.3 %
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.
Incarcerated minors
0.1 %
i
31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
13.9 %
i
31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1991

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

10

i

2019

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

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

0

i

2019

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

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

47.3

i

2019

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

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

0

i

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 2011

i

2011

/ APT