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Switzerland

Capital city — Bern

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Panorama

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.8 % (401)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.

Percentage of untried female prisoners

49.9 % (200)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

Data not disclosed

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46.

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 3 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.

Minors

Minimum age of imprisonment for minors

15 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.

Incarcerated minors

0.2 %

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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

43.4 % (4,807)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 63.

Long-term prisoners

People serving a life sentence

0.9 % (34)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 54.

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

45.7 % (2,884)
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31/01/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Elderly prisoners

Number and percentage of elderly prisoners

Data not disclosed

(≥ 65 years old)

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42.

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1999