Belgium

Capital city — Brussels

Country population
11,476,279
i
01/2020
/ SPF Intérieur
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit1
95
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, 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 pris1
Ministry of Justice
The official name1
Total number of prisoners
10,883
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont1
Data not disclosed
Prison density
121 %
Belgium is one of1
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16/04/2021
/ DH
Total number of prison facilities
35
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Several United Na1
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19/02/2021
/ Observatoire international des prisons, section belge
Number and percentage of female prisone1
4.4 %
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12/2019
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.6 %
The latest availa1
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2013
/ ICPR, derniers chiffres disponibles
Untried prisoners
35.6 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1996
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it had not been applied since 1950

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