Montenegro

Capital city — Podgorica

Country population
621,718
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.829
48/188
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.2
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
State Administration for the Execution…
Total number of prisoners
1,108
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
178
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5.1
i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
80 %
i
15/04/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2011
Female prisoners
2.7 %
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.
Incarcerated minors
1 %
i
31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
34.4 %
(381)
i
31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2002

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

4

i

2019

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

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

0

i

2019

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

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

36

i

2019

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

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

0

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 2011