Malta

Capital city — Valletta

Country population
525,285
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.895
(28/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
793
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
154
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
4
i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
88.6 %
i
02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2007
i
20/02/2019
/ APT
Female prisoners
7.1 %
i
02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
33.9 %
i
02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2000

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

6

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2019

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

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

2

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2019

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

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

76

i

2019

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

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

25

i

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 2007

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20/02/2019

/ APT