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North Macedonia

Capital city — Skopje

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Panorama

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.3 % (70)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.

Percentage of untried female prisoners

21.4 % (15)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

4.3 % (3)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 1 year old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.

Minors

Minimum age of imprisonment for minors

16 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.

Incarcerated minors

0.1 %

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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

6.5 % (137)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 63.

Long-term prisoners

People serving a life sentence

1.9 % (41)
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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53.

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

13.9 % (303)
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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Elderly prisoners

Number and percentage of elderly prisoners

2.6 % (54)

(≥ 65 years old)

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42.

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1991