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Norway
Capital city —
Oslo
Country population
5,290,000
i
2017
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
74
i
2017
/
ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy with parliament…
Human Development Index
0.949
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Total number of prisoners
3,933
i
2017
/
ICPR
Prison density
95 %
i
2016
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
54
i
2017
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2013
Number and percentage of female prisone…
6.1 %
i
2017
/
ICPR
Untried prisoners
-
i
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1979
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Special populations
Number and percentage of female prisoners
6.1 %
(238)
i
2017
/
ICPR
i
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1979
30.5 %
i
2017
/
ICPR
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