Belgium

Capital city — Brussels

Country population
11,200,000
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
99
i
2015
/ ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary monarchy
Human Development Index
0.896
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Federal Public Service Justice (FPS Jus…
Total number of prisoners
11,040
i
2015
/ ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
8.2
months
i
2014
/ SPACE
Prison density
110 %
i
2015
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
45
i
2016
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of female prisone…
4.4 %
i
2015
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1 %
i
2015
/ ICPR
Untried prisoners
31.7 %
i
2015
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1996

Contributor(s)International Prison Observatory - Belgian section