Slovakia

Capital city — Bratislava

Country population
5,450,421
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01/2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.857
(36/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.5
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice (Ministerstvo sprav…
Total number of prisoners
10,461
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01/05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
192
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05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
14.1
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 120.
Prison density
90 %
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05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
18
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
7.6 %
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05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.6 %
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09/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
14.8 %
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01/05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990
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PdM

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Country-profile

Special populations

Female prisoners

7.6 % (791)

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05/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

0.6 %

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09/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

14.8 % (1,553)

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01/05/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1990

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