Print version| Country | POLAND | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice (Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwosci) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Central Board of Prison Service (Centralny Zarząd Służby Więziennej)xxx | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Ul. Rakowiecka 37A, PL-02-521 WARSAW, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +48 22 640 8311 or 8355 fax: +48 22 640 8312 or 8332 Web: www.sw.gov.pl |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Jacek Włodarski
Director General |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
86,049
at 31.3.2013 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
223
based on an estimated national population of 38.55 million at end of March 2013 (from Eurostat figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
8.0%
(31.3.2013) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.4%
(31.3.2013) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.7%
(31.12.2011 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
0.6%
(31.3.2013) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
215
(2011 - 70 institutions for pre-trial detainees, 87 prisons, 14 hospitals, 44 other units associated with the 157 main institutions) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 86,859
(31.3.2013 - normal capacity less places temporarily out of use) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
98.9%
(31.3.2013 - not including prisoners temporarily outside the prisons) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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