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Country LIECHTENSTEIN
Ministry responsible Furstliches Landgericht
Contact address Auelestrasse 70, FL-9490 VADUZ, Liechtenstein
Telephone/fax/website tel: +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)
13
1.9.2011 (Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics - excluding prisoners serving more than two years, who are held in Austrian prisons in accordance with a treaty agreement between the two countries)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
36
based on an estimated national population of 36,370 at September 2011 (from Eurostat figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
38.5%
(1.9.2011)
Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
0%
(1.9.2011)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
0%
(1.9.2011 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
69.2%
(1.9.2011)
Number of establishments /
institutions
1
(2011 - Vaduz prison)
Official capacity of prison system 20
(1.9.2011)
Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
65.0%
(1.9.2011)
Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1994 18 (60)
1999 24 (75)
2002 17 (50)
2005 10 (29)
2008 10 (28)
2010 14 (39)

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