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Country SERBIA
Ministry responsible Ministry of Justice (Ministarstvo Pravde)
Prison administration Administration for the Execution of Penitentiary Sanctions (Uprava za Ivrsenje Krivicnih Sankcija)
Contact address Nemanjina Street 22-26, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Telephone/fax/website tel: +381 11 361 65 90 or 361 65 50
fax: +381 11 361 65 90 or 363 17 17
Web: www.uiks.mpravde.gov.rs
Head of prison administration
(and title)
Milan Obradovic
Head of Directorate for the Execution of Penitentiary Sanctions
Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
11,094
at 31.12.2011 (national prison administration)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
153
based on an estimated national population of 7.25 million at end of 2011 (from Eurostat figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
28.0%
(31.12.2011)
Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
3.5%
(1.9.2011)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
0.7%
(1.9.2011 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
2.2%
(1.9.2011)
Number of establishments /
institutions
28
(2011)
Official capacity of prison system 7,000
(31.12.2011)
Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
158.5%
(31.12.2011)
Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1993 3,623 (37)
1996 5,150 (52)
2000 6,160 (82)
2003 7,128 (95)
2006 7,862 (106)
2008 9,701 (132)
2010 11,211 (154)

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