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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 incarcerated people
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 incarcerated w…
7.4 %
i
2016
/
ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.2 %
i
2016
/
ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
22.2 %
i
2016
/
ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1990
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Panorama
Seen in the press
Year
2017
2024
2021
2020
2017
Contributor(s)
Hungarian Helsinki Committee
Introduction
Overview
Prison population
Organisation
Prison facilities
Safeguards
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Children
People awaiting trial
People sentenced to death
Physical integrity
Deaths in detention
Ill-treatment and violence
Arbitrary or secret detention
Specific population
Prison population
Women
Juveniles
Foreigners
Ethnic or religious minorities
LGBTI persons
Prisoners of conscience
The elderly
The sick and the disabled
The penitentiary system
Premises
Daily life
The cells and their equipment
Food
Hygiene
Health
Activities
Work
Schooling and professional training
Media
Religion
External participants
Financial resources and destitution
Means of communication for the inmates
Contact with the outside world
Family visits
Sentence adjustment policies
Access to legal rights
National preventive mechanism (NPM)
Recommendations
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Special populations
Women
Number and percentage of incarcerated women
7.4 %
(1,310)
i
2016
/
ICPR
Children
Number and percentage of incarcerated children
1.2 %
(214)
i
2016
/
ICPR
People awaiting trial
Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison
22.2 %
(3,949)
i
2016
/
ICPR
People sentenced to death
The death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1990
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