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Country SLOVENIA
Ministry responsible Ministry of Justice (Ministrstvo za Pravosodje)
Prison administration National Prison Administration (Uprava za Izvrsevanje Kazenskih Sankcij)
Contact address Jesenkova 3, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Telephone/fax/website tel: +386 1 400 56 70
fax: +386 1 400 56 20
Web: www.mp.gov.si/si/o_ministrstvu/ursiks_organ_v_sestavi
Head of prison administration
(and title)
Dušan Valentinčič
Director General
Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
1,412
at 19.11.2012 (national prison administration)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
69
based on an estimated national population of 2.06 million at November 2012 (from Eurostat figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
18.8%
(19.11.2012)
Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
5.0%
(19.11.2012)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
0.7%
(1.9.2011 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
11.0%
(19.11.2012)
Number of establishments /
institutions
7
(2012 - 6 prisons, 1 correctional home for juveniles. The 6 prisons have facilities at 13 different locations.)
Official capacity of prison system 1,309
(19.11.2012)
Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
107.9%
(19.11.2012)
Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1992 900 (45)
1995 635 (32)
1998 848 (43)
2001 1,092 (55)
2004 1.085 (54)
2007 1,333 (66)
2010 1,304 (64)

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