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Belgium

Capital city — Brussels

Country population
11,406,000
i
09/2018
/ ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
88
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2018
/ ICPR
Type of government
parliamentary monarchy
Human Development Index
0.916
(17/188)
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2017
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.9
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2017
/ PNUD
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice
The official name of…
Total number of prisoners
10,073
As of January 1st,…
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09/2018
/ ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in months)
Data not disclosed
Prison density
109.3 %
The annual average…
i
09/2018
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
35
In October 2016, Saint-Gilles…
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2017
An NPM has been established
no
The Civil Society invites…
Number and percentage of female prisoners
4.5 %
i
09/2018
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.6 %
In Flanders, under…
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2013
/ ICPR, derniers chiffres disponibles
Untried prisoners
35.6 %
The high number of…
i
09/2018
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1996
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it had not been applied since 1950

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