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Swedish Prison and Probation Service (SE) | Yes | Sweden |
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National Population: 10415811 Prisoner Population: 7 776 Penal Institutions: 78 Administrative Status: Prison and Probation Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Martin Holmgren Head Office: Slottsgatan 78 , S-601 80, Norrköping, Sweden |
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| State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine (UA) | No | Ukraine | |
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National Population: 42153201 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Denys Chernyshov Head Office: Melnikova 81 , 04050, Kiev, Ukraine |
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Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia (GE) | Yes | Georgia |
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National Population: 3723464 Prisoner Population: 9 630 Penal Institutions: 14 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Nika Tskhvarashvili Head Office: 83a Gorgasali str. , 0105, Tbilisi, Georgia |
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Secretariat of Criminal Sanctions, Rehabilitation and Victim Support – Catalonia (ES) | Yes | Spain |
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National Population: 7619494 Prisoner Population: 7 713 Penal Institutions: 9 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Paula Montero Brasero Head Office: Foc, 57 Bulding B, second floor, 08038, Barcelona, Spain |
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Scottish Prison Service (UK) | Yes | Scotland |
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National Population: 5438000 Prisoner Population: 7 460 Penal Institutions: 15 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Teresa Medhurst Head Office: SPS Headquarters, Calton House, Redheughs Rigg , EH12 9HW, Edinburgh, Scotland |
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Prison Service of the Czech Republic (CZ) | Yes | Czech Republic |
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National Population: 10505772 Prisoner Population: 19 760 Penal Institutions: 35 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Military operated Head of Service: Simon Michailidis Head Office: Soudni 1672/1a P.O.Box 3, 140 67, Prague, Czech Republic |
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Prison and Probation Service of Finland (FI) | Yes | Finland |
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National Population: 5541017 Prisoner Population: 2 952 Penal Institutions: 26 Administrative Status: Prison and Probation Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Arto Kujala Head Office: Lintulahdenkatu 5 , 00530, Helsinki, Finland |
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Prison Administration of the Republic of Slovenia (SI) | Yes | Slovenia |
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National Population: 2108079 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: 14 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Bojan Majcen Head Office: Beethovnova 3 , 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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Northern Ireland Prison Service (UK) | Yes | Northern Ireland |
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National Population: 1882000 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Ronnie Armour Head Office: Prison Service Headquarters, Dundonald House Upper Newtonards Road, BT4 3SU, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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| National Prison and Probation Administration (IS) | No | Iceland | |
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National Population: 372520 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison and Probation Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Paul Egil Winkel Head Office: Borgartun 7 , IS-105, Reykjavik, Iceland |
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National Administration of Penitentiaries (RO) | Yes | Romania |
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National Population: 19119880 Prisoner Population: 23 010 Penal Institutions: 44 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Military operated Head of Service: Dan HALCHIN Head Office: 39 Calea Floreasca, 1-st District , 014459, Bucharest, Romania |
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National Administration of Penitentiaries (MD) | No | Republic of Moldova |
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National Population: 3547539 Prisoner Population: 6 369 Penal Institutions: 17 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Anatolie Falca Head Office: 35 N. Titulescu str. , MD2032, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova |
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Ministry of Justice: Department of Prisons (LU) | Yes | Luxembourg |
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National Population: 640064 Prisoner Population: 710 Penal Institutions: 3 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Serge Legil Head Office: 7a, rue Thomas Edison , L-1445, Strassen, Luxembourg |
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| Ministry of Justice: Department of Prisons (FR) | Yes | France | |
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National Population: 67749632 Prisoner Population: 86 518 Penal Institutions: 188 Administrative Status: Prison and Probation Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Laurent Ridel Head Office: 13 place vendome , 75042, Paris , France |
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Ministry of Justice: Department of Prisons (EE) | Yes | Estonia |
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National Population: 1330932 Prisoner Population: 2 065 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison and Probation Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Rait Kuuse Head Office: Suur-Ameerika 1 , 10122, Tallinn, Estonia |
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| Ministry of Justice: Department of Prison Administration (IT) | Yes | Italy | |
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National Population: 59109668 Prisoner Population: 54 372 Penal Institutions: 189 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Giovanni Russo Head Office: Dipartimento dell´Amministrazione Penitenziaria Largo Luigi Daga 2, 00164, Rome, Italy |
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| Ministry of Justice, Administration and Local Government: Prison Administration (HR) | Yes | Croatia | |
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National Population: 3957715 Prisoner Population: 3 905 Penal Institutions: 23 Administrative Status: Prison and Probation Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Zvonimir Penić Head Office: Ulica grada Vukovara 49 , 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia |
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| Ministry of Justice Transparency and Human Rights: General Directorate of Crime and Penitentiary Policy (EL) | No | Greece | |
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National Population: 3708610 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Prokopios Prokopiou Head Office: 96 Avenue Messogion , GR-11527, Athens, Greece |
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Ministry of Justice and Public Order: Department of Prisons (CY) | Yes | Cyprus |
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National Population: 900356 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: 1 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Anna Aristotelous Head Office: Norman Street 2 P.O Box 24175, 1702, Nicosia, Cyprus |
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| Ministry of Justice – Thuringia (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 2170714 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Thomas Schneider Head Office: Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – Schleswig-Holstein (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 2858714 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Head Office: Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – Saxony-Anhalt (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 2245470 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Thomas Naumann Head Office: Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – Saxony (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 4084851 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Willi Schmidt Head Office: Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – Saarland (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 995597 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Manfred Kost Head Office: Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – Rhineland-Palatinate (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 4052803 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Horst Hond Head Office: Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – North Rhine-Westphalia (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 17865516 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Jakob Klaas Head Office: Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 1612362 Prisoner Population: 1 154 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison and Probation Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Jörg Jesse Head Office: Puschkinstraße 19/21 , D-19055, Schwerin, Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – Lower Saxony (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 7926599 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Christiane Jesse Head Office: Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – Hessen (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 6176172 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Thorsten Kunze Head Office: Luisenstraße 13 , 65185, Wiesbaden, Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – Hamburg (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 1787408 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Holger Schatz Head Office: Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – Bremen (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 671489 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Sebastian Schulenberg Head Office: Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – Bradenburg (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 2484826 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Andreas Behm Head Office: Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – Berlin (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 3520031 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Susanne Gerlach Head Office: Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – Bavaria (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 12843514 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Peter Holzner Head Office: Germany |
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| Ministry of Justice – Baden-Wurttemberg (DE) | Yes | Germany | |
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National Population: 10879618 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Martin Finckh Head Office: Germany |
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Lithuanian Prison Service (LT) | Yes | Lithuania |
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National Population: 2800839 Prisoner Population: 4 955 Penal Institutions: 8 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Other Ministry Department Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Virginijus Kulikauskas Head Office: Lithuanian Prison Service, HQ L. Sapiegos str. 1, LT-10312, Vilnius, Lithuania |
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Latvian Prison Administration (LV) | Yes | Latvia |
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National Population: 1884490 Prisoner Population: 3 242 Penal Institutions: 9 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Military operated Head of Service: Dmitrijs Kalins Head Office: Stabu Street 89 , LV 1009, Riga, Latvia |
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Irish Prison Service (IE) | Yes | Ireland |
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National Population: 5033165 Prisoner Population: 4 576 Penal Institutions: 12 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civil Service with Special Status Head of Service: Caron McCaffrey Head Office: IDA Business Park Ballinalee Road, N39 A308, Longford, Ireland |
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Hungarian Prison Service (HU) | Yes | Hungary |
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National Population: 9709891 Prisoner Population: 19 976 Penal Institutions: 32 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Other Ministry Department Operated by: Military operated Head of Service: Tamás Tóth Head Office: Steindl Imre u. 8 , H-1054, Budapest, Hungary |
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His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (UK) | Yes | England and Wales |
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National Population: 59116000 Prisoner Population: 86 000 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison and Probation Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Jo Farrar Head Office: 70 Petty France , SW1H 9EX, London, England and Wales |
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General Directorate of the Corps of Prison and Court Guard (SK) | Yes | Slovakia |
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National Population: 5447247 Prisoner Population: 9 980 Penal Institutions: 18 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Military operated Head of Service: Michal Sedliak Head Office: Šagátova ulica 1 Šagátova ulica 1, 81304, Bratislava, Slovakia |
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General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses (TR) | Yes | Turkey |
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National Population: 84147318 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: 368 Administrative Status: Prison and Probation Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Yunus ALKAÇ Head Office: Hacı Bayram, Agah Efendi Sk. No:70/1 -, 06050 , Altındağ/Ankara, Turkey |
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| General Directorate of Prisons (AL) | Yes | Albania | |
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National Population: 2862427 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Agim Ismaili Head Office: Rruga Zef Serembe , 1001, Tirana, Albania |
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General Directorate of Prison Administration (ES) | Yes | Spain |
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National Population: 47415750 Prisoner Population: 50 187 Penal Institutions: 71 Administrative Status: Prison and Probation Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Other Ministry Department Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Ángel Luis Ortiz González Head Office: Calle Alcala 38-40 Ministerio del Interior, 28014, Madrid, Spain |
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General Directorate Execution of Sentences (BG) | Yes | Bulgaria |
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National Population: 6877743 Prisoner Population: 6 253 Penal Institutions: 12 Administrative Status: Prison and Probation Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Ivaylo Yordanov Head Office: Sofia, "Gen. N. Stoletov" 21 Sofia, "Gen. N. Stoletov" 21, 1309, Sofia, Bulgaria |
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Federal Office of Justice (FOJ): Execution of Sentences and Measures Unit (CH) | Yes | Switzerland |
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National Population: 8703405 Prisoner Population: 6 863 Penal Institutions: 94 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Ronald Gramigna Head Office: Bundesrain 20 , CH-3003, Bern, Switzerland |
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Federal Ministry of Justice (Strafvollzugsausschuss) (DE) | Yes | Germany |
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National Population: 83196078 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Susanne Mädrich Head Office: Mohrenstr, 37 , 10117, Berlin, Germany |
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Federal Ministry of Justice (AT) | Yes | Austria |
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National Population: 8955797 Prisoner Population: 9 037 Penal Institutions: 13 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Friedrich Alexander Koenig Head Office: Museumstrasse 7 Austria, A-1070, Vienna, Austria |
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Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency (NL) | Yes | Netherlands |
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National Population: 17533044 Prisoner Population: 10 638 Penal Institutions: 52 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Wim Saris Head Office: Turfmarkt 147 , 2511 DP, The Hague, Netherlands |
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| Division for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions (BA) | No | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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National Population: 3502550 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Hidajet Trako Head Office: Valtera Perica 15 , B&H - 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Services (NO) | Yes | Norway |
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National Population: 5408320 Prisoner Population: 3 124 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison and Probation Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Lise Sannerud Head Office: Solheimsgata 21 , N-2000, Lillestrom, Norway |
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| DGRSP – Directorate-General of Reintegration and Prison Services (PT) | Yes | Portugal | |
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National Population: 10325147 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison and Probation Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Romulo Mateus Head Office: Travessa da Cruz do Torel No 1 Av. da Liberdade no 9 - 1250-139, 1150-122, Lisbon, Portugal |
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| Department of Prisons, Ministry of Justice and the Interior (AD) | No | Andorra | |
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National Population: 76177 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Francesc Tarroch Benazet Head Office: Casa de la Vail , Andorra La Vella, Andorra |
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Department of Prisons and Probation (DK) | Yes | Denmark |
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National Population: 5856733 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Ina Eliasen Head Office: Strandgade 100 , DK-1401, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Criminal Enforcement Administration (ME) | No | Montenegro |
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National Population: 622182 Prisoner Population: 1 117 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Miljan Perović Head Office: Vuka Karadzica no. 3 , 81000, Podgorica, Montenegro |
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| Correctional Services Agency (MT) | Yes | Malta | |
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National Population: 518536 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Alexander Dalli Head Office: Valletta Road , CMR02, Paola, Malta |
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Central Board of Prison Service (PL) | No | Poland |
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National Population: 37747124 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Jacek Kitlinski Head Office: UI. Rakowiecka 37A , 02-521, Warszawa, Poland |
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Belgian Prison Service (BE) | Yes | Belgium |
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National Population: 11592952 Prisoner Population: 10 949 Penal Institutions: 37 Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Department within the Ministry of Justice Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Rudy Van De Voorde Head Office: Gulden Vlieslaan 87/3 , 1060, Brussels, Belgium |
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| Basque Government | Yes | Spain | |
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National Population: 2,193,199 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Operated by: Head of Service: Eugenio Artetxe Palomar Head Office: Spain |
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| Administration of the Execution of Penitentiary Sanctions (RS) | No | Serbia | |
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National Population: 6963764 Prisoner Population: 0 Penal Institutions: Administrative Status: Prison Service Alignment with Ministry of Justice: Independent Government Agency Operated by: Civilian operated Head of Service: Dejan Carević Head Office: Nemanjina Street 22-26 , 11000, Belgrade, Serbia |
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