Country | Czech Republic |
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Ministry responsible |
Ministry of Justice (Ministerstvo Spravedlnosti)
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Prison administration |
Prison Service of the Czech Republic (Vezenska Sluzba Ceske Republiky)
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Contact address |
Soudni 1672/1a, P.O. Box 3, CZ-14067 PRAGUE 4, Czech Republic
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Telephone |
+420 244 024 111
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Fax |
+420 241 409 072
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Website | |
Head of prison administration (and title) | Petr Dohnal
Director General
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Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 19 606
at 31.10.2024 (national prison administration)
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Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | 178
based on an estimated national population of 11.00 million at end of October 2024 (from Czech Statistical Office figures)
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Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 8.0%
(31.10.2024)
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Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 8.7%
(31.10.2024)
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Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 0.5%
(31.10.2024 - juveniles)
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Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 8.2%
(31.10.2024)
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Number of establishments / institutions | 35
(2023)
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Official capacity of prison system | 20 387
(31.10.2024)
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Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | 96.2%
(31.10.2024)
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Prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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Overcrowded Czech Prisons Spur Renewed Calls For Alternative Sentencing
Czech Prisons Filled Up To Overcapacity After Respite
First open prison launched in Czech Republic
Czechs to have two types of prisons
MfD: New prison capacities sought in Czech Republic
Pages
Interview with Director General of the Prison Service of the Czech Republic
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) visit reports: Czech Republic
US State Department Human Rights Country Report 2013: Czech Republic
Judicial systems in Member States - Czech Republic
- Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
- Female prison population: trend
- Prison population trend up to 2000
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.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Year
| Number in | Percentage | Pre-trial/remand |
2000 | 5,967 | 27.7% | 58 |
2024 | 1,578 | 8.0% | 14 |
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.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
2000 | 968 | 4.5% | 9.4 |
2024 | 1,703 | 8.7% | 15.5 |
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).
Prison population trend up to 2000
The figures below give an indication of the prison population trend in the years up to 2000. They supplement the more recent figures that are shown at the foot of the Overview page and in the graphs below.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Year |
Prison |
Prison population rate |
1950 |
34,593 |
387 |