Sweden
Capital city — Stockholm
Country population
i2020Type of government
Human Development Index
0.945(7/188)
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of prisoners
i01/05/2020Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i01/01/2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
i2019/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.Prison density
i01/05/2020Total number of prison facilities
i2015An NPM has been established
Female prisoners
i31/01/2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46Incarcerated minors
i01/10/2019Percentage of untried prisoners
28 %(1.875)
i01/10/2019Death penalty is abolished
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Special populations
Women
Female prisoners
6.1 %
(407)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46
Percentage of untried female prisoners
30 %
(122)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.
Percentage of foreign female prisoners
Data not disclosed
i
31/01/2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.
Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them
yes, there is no specific limit of age, but the first years of life.
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.
Minors
Minimum age of imprisonment for minors
15 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
i
01/10/2019
Foreign prisoners
Number and percentage of foreign prisoners
Data not disclosed
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 62.
Long-term prisoners
People serving a life sentence
3.2 %
(156)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53.
Untried prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
Elderly prisoners
Number and percentage of elderly prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1972