Switzerland
| Prison Brief (Switzerland) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Ministry responsible | Federal Department of Justice and Police | |||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Section for the execution of sentences and measures | |||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Federal Office of Justice, Bundesrain 20, CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +41 31 322 4171 fax: +41 31 322 7873 |
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| Head of prison administration (and title) | Walter Troxler Chef de la Section Exécution des Peines et Mesures | |||||||||||||||
| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 5,715 at 5.9.2007 (Swiss Federal Statistical Office) | |||||||||||||||
| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | 76 based on an estimated national population of 7.56 million at September 2007 (from Eurostat figures) | |||||||||||||||
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 37.9% (5.9.2007 - 28.9% untried, 9.0% convicted unsentenced) | |||||||||||||||
| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 5.5% (5.9.2007) | |||||||||||||||
| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 0.9% (5.9.2007 - under 18) | |||||||||||||||
| Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 69.7% (5.9.2007) | |||||||||||||||
| Number of establishments / institutions | 115 (2007) | |||||||||||||||
| Official capacity of prison system | 6,654 (5.9.2007) | |||||||||||||||
| Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | 85.9% (5.9.2007) | |||||||||||||||
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Source International Center for Prison Studies, Kings College
