Montenegro

Total prison population:

1,047

Country: Montenegro
Ministry responsible: State Administration for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions
Prison administration: Institute for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions
Contact address: Velje Brdo bb, P.O. Box 104, 81102 Podgorica, Montenegro
Montenegro
Telephone: +38181243100
Fax: +38181243567
Website: https://www.ziks.me/
Head of prison administration: Milan Tomić, Director

Prison population data

Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)	1,047 at 31.1.2024 (via Council of Europe)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)	168 based on an estimated national population of 623,650 at end of January 2024 (from Eurostat figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)	47.4% (31.1.2024)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)	3.6% (31.1.2024)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)	0.5% (31.1.2024 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)	16.1% (31.1.2024)
Number of establishments / institutions	3 (2016)
Official capacity of prison system	1,393 (31.1.2024)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)	75.2% (31.1.2024)

Prison population trend

Year	Prison population total	Prison population rate
2000	664	110
2002	710	116
2004	799	130
2006	851	138
2008	1,216	197
2010	1,457	235
2012	1,331	214
2014	1,123	181
2016	1,123	180
2018	1,125	181
2020	1,090	176

Prison population total

Prison population rate

Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
Female prison population: trend

Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend

The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.

The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the national population.

MONTENEGRO

Year	Number in pre-trial/remand imprisonment	Percentage of total prison population	Pre-trial/remand population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
2000 2006 2010 2015 2020	243 411 536 298 381	36.6% 48.3% 33.8% 26.3% 34.4%	40 66 86 48 61
2024	496	47.4%	80

It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.

The pre-trial/remand population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.

Female prison population: trend

The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day.

The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population.

MONTENEGRO

Year	Number of female prisoners	Percentage of total prison population	Female prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
2002 2006 2010 2015 2020	18 17 60 35 30	2.5% 2.0% 4.1% 3.1% 2.7%	3.0 2.8 9.7 5.6 4.8
2024	38	3.6%	6.1

The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.

The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.

(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column).