Liechtenstein

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CountryLiechtenstein
Ministry responsible
Furstliches Landgericht
Contact address
Auelestrasse 70, FL-9490 VADUZ, Liechtenstein
Telephone
+41 75 236 6514
Fax
+41 75 236 6539
Head of prison administration (and title)
Lothar Hagen
President of the Criminal Court
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
6
at 1.1.2023 (via Council of Europe - additional prisoners, those serving more than two years, are held in Austrian and Swiss prisons in accordance with treaty agreements with these two countries)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
15
based on an estimated national population of 39,700 at beginning of January 2023 (from Eurostat figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
100.0%
(31.1.2022)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
0.0%
(31.1.2022)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
8.3%
(31.1.2022 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)
83.3%
(31.1.2022)
Number of establishments / institutions
1
(2020 - Vaduz prison)
Official capacity of prison system
20
(1.1.2023)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
30.0%
(1.1.2023)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1999 24 74
2002 17 50
2004 7 19
2006 10 28
2008 10 28
2010 14 39
2012 8 22
2014 8 21
2016 10 27
2018 12 31
2020 12 31
1999 24 74
2002 17 50
2004 7 19
2006 10 28
2008 10 28
2010 14 39
2012 8 22
2014 8 21
2016 10 27
2018 12 31
2020 12 31

Female prison population: trend

The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day.  

The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population. 

                                                   LIECHTENSTEIN

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

Female prison
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)

2002
2005
2010
2015

0
0
1
1

0%
0%
7.1%
12.5%

0
0
2.8
2.7

2022

0

0.0%

0.0

The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.

The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.

(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column.)

Prison population total
Prison population rate