Switzerland

Capital city — Bern

Country population
8,636,896
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Federal state
(with directorate…
Human Development Index
0.955
(2/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.6
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Federal Department of Justice and Polic…
Total number of prisoners
6,316
i
31/01/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
80
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
1.7
i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.
Prison density
85.4 %
i
31/01/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
92
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2009
Female prisoners
5.8 %
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
45.7 %
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31/01/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1999

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

18

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2019

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

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

8

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2019

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

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

26

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2019

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

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

11.6

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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 2009