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North Macedonia

Capital city — Skopje

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Panorama

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison service

17,487,628

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 131.

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

2,114

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.

Variation in the number of prisoners

35.53% increase

(between 2008 and 2018)

i
2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

126

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2020, p. 31.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

Data not disclosed

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2020, p. 30.

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

102

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.

Variation in the incarceration rate

16.9% decrease

(between 2010 and 2020)

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 35.

Number of admissions

1,931

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 98.

Number of releases

2,047

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 104.

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

13.9

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.

Prison density

72 %

i
15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

13

i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

3,022

i
15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

Data not disclosed

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 83.

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 3

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 86.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

69

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 83.

Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff

7.3 %

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p.85.