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Slovakia
Prison Service
National Population:
5 450 421
EuroPris Member:
Yes
Custodial Establishments:
18
Quick Stats
Imprisonment Rate per 100,000:
195
Avg. Prisoner Population:
10 504
Total available prisoner places:
11 625
Official design capacity:
11 625
| Administrative Status | Prison Service |
| EuroPris Member | Yes |
| Country | Slovakia |
| National Population | 5 450 421 (as of 01/01/19) |
| National Population Source | http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat |
| Aligment with Ministry of Justice | Department within the Ministry of Justice |
| Operated | military |
| Imprisonment Rate per 100,000 population | 195 (as of 01/01/2021) |
| Average prisoner population | 10 504 (as of 01/01/2021) |
| Total available prisoner places | 11 625 (as of 01/01/2021) |
| Official design capacity | 11 625 (as of 01/01/2021) |
| Responsible for young/juvenile offenders | Yes |
| Minimum age that a young/juvenile offender can be admitted to the prison system | 14 |
| Prisoners over the age of 50 | 1 633 (as of 01/01/2021) |
| Conditional release or parole system | Yes |
| Life sentences issued in your jurisdiction | Yes |
| Can life sentence prisoners be conditionally released | Yes |
| Does your agency have an automated system for performing sentence calculations | Yes |
| Electronic monitoring solutions (frontdoor) | No |
| Agency directly responsible for the healthcare of prisoners | Yes |
| Agency provides the following health intervention programmes |
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| Total number of female staff (FTE) | 1 237 |
| Total number of male staff (FTE) | 4 231 |
| Average age of staff | 41 |
| Agency outsources the following services | phone calls system from prison; shopping facility servise for prisoners |
| Other outsourced services |
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| Video-conferencing facilities to prisoners |
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| Agency has a national, centralised and service-wide Offender Management System | Yes |
| Which prisoners have access to a telephone service |
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| Agency provides access to the following self-service technologies |
| Total annual budget (Euros) | 215 814 107 |
| Total annual budget for custodial staff (Euros) | 118 362 479 |
| Total annual budget for training of custodial staff (Euros) | 0 |
| Fiscal reporting year for the above values | 0 |
| Agency provides prisoner education | Yes |
| Agency provides vocational training | Yes |
| Is work a mandatory requirement for prisoners | Yes |
| Types of treatment/intervention programmes provided |
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| Agency provides spiritual guidance services irrespective of denomination | Yes |
| Agency provide a diet which meets the needs of all cultures/denominations | Yes |
| Number of visits permitted for pre-trial prisoners per month | 1 |
| Agency provides mother-child units in any of its prisons | No |
| Agency has a national, centralised system for managing visits | No |
| Agency works with external services in preparing a prisoner for release | Yes |
Address: Sagatova St. 1 Sagatova St. 1, 81304 Bratislava
Telephone: +421 2 20 83 11 00
Website: http://www.zvjs.sk
Email: [email protected]
Col. Michal Sedliak
Position: acting general director
Supported by the Justice Programme of the European Union