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Country BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: REPUBLIKA SRPSKA
Ministry responsible Ministry of Justice
Prison administration Division for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions
Contact address Vuka Karadzica 4, 51000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Telephone/fax/website tel: +387 51 331 582
fax: +387 51 331 594
Head of prison administration
(and title)
Dunjic Pero
Assistant Minister of Justice
Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
1,054
at 31.12.2011 (Republika Srpska prison administration)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
75
based on an estimated national population of 1.4 million at end of 2011 (from Eurostat and Republika Srpska Institute of Statistics figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
12.7%
(31.12.2011)
Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
1.6%
(31.12.2011)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
1.4%
(31.12.2011 - under 18 at date of sentence)
Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
2.9%
(31.12.2011)
Number of establishments /
institutions
6
(2011 - Banja Luka, Bijeljina, Doboj, East Sarajevo, Foca, Trebinje)
Official capacity of prison system 1,339
(31.12.2011)
Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
78.7%
(31.12.2011)
Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1998 872 (67)
2001 849 (65)
2003 899 (64)
2005 955 (68)
2007 928 (66)
2009 961 (69)

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