Slovenia

Capital city — Ljubljana

Country population
2,100,126
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.917
(22/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.5
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice (Ministrstvo za Pra…
Total number of prisoners
1,449
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
69
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
15.7
i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.
Prison density
88 %
i
31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
7
i
2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2007
i
2011
/ APT
Female prisoners
5.1 %
i
31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.5 %
i
31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
34 %
i
31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1989

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

2

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

0

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

14

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

0

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113.

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2007

i

2011

/ APT