16.3.2 Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population


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Period: Annual
Year: 2025


METADATA
Indicator information
Definition and methodology
Data source type and data collection method
Notes
ID of global indicator
Metadata update
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Indicator informationTop
Indicator

16.3.2 Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population

Global indicator name

16.3.2 Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population

Target

16.3 Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all

Goal

Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels


Definition and methodologyTop
Definition

Percentage of detained persons in relation to the total number of prison population. Within the prison population in the Penal /correctional facilities institutions  in the Republic of Serbia there are: convicted persons; detained persons; misdemeanor-punished persons; persons on the maintenance of security measures (Obligatory psychiatric treatment and care in a health institution; Obligatory treatment of drug addicts; Alcoholics obligatory treatment); persons serving the sentence of juvenile prison and persons on educational measure of sending to correctional institution (juveniles).

Methodological explanations

The data source used is the Annual Report of the Administration for the Enforcement of Penal Sanctions, based on reports from the registry of all departments of the Administration for the Enforcement of Penal Sanctions.

Method of calculation

The total number of detainees in the penal-correctional facilities of the Penal administration is divided by the total number of inmates in prisons on a specific date (31.12.) and multiplied by 100.

Unit of measure

%

Available disaggregation

Gender, Age groups

Territorial level

Republic of Serbia


Data source type and data collection methodTop
Data source

Ministry of justice

Periodicity of data collection

Annual


NotesTop

ID of global indicatorTop

C160302


Metadata updateTop
29/5/2025

Global metadataTop

https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-16-03-02.pdf