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Hungary

Capital city — Budapest

Country population
9,830,000
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
180
i
2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary democracy
Human Development Index
0.836
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Interior
Total number of prisoners
17,785
i
2016
/ National Prison Service
Prison density
135 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
30
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2015
Number and percentage of female prisone…
7.4 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.2 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Untried prisoners
22.2 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1990

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Year2017

Contributor(s)Hungarian Helsinki Committee

Special populations

Special populations

Number and percentage of female prisoners

7.4 % (1,310)

i

2016

/ ICPR

Incarcerated minors

1.2 % (214)

i

2016

/ ICPR

22.2 % (3,949)

i

2016

/ ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 1990