Print version| Country | CZECH REPUBLIC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice (Ministerstvo Spravedlnosti) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Prison Service of the Czech Republic (Vezenska Sluzba Ceske Republiky) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Soudni 1672/1a, P.O. Box 3, CZ-14067 PRAGUE 4, Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +420 244 024 405 fax: +420 241 409 072 Web: www.vscr.cz |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Petr Dohnal
Director General |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
16,226
at 31.3.2013 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
154
based on an estimated national population of 10.53 million at end of March 2013 (from Eurostat figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
14.6%
(31.3.2013) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
5.3%
(31.3.2013) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.7%
(31.3.2013 - juveniles) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
9.0%
(31.3.2013) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
36
(2013) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 21,284
(31.3.2013) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
76.2%
(31.3.2013) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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