Czech Republic

Capital city — Prague

Country population
10,610,000
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2018
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
209
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2018
/ ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary democracy
Human Development Index
0.878
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
22,192
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2018
/ ICPR
Prison density
106 %
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2017
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
35
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2016
An NPM has been established
yes
since 2006
Female prisoners
7.4 %
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2018
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
8 %
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2018
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes
since 1990

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

7.4 % (1,642)

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2018

/ ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

8 % (1,782)

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2018

/ ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes

since 1990

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

8.2 %

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2017

/ ICPR