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Belgium
Capital city —
Brussels
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
89.7
i
31/01/2021
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I - 2021 Report
, 19 april 2022, p. 32, table 3.
Country population
11,587,880
i
2021
/
World Bank
(01-01-2021)
Type of government
Federal Parliamentary Democracy under a…
Human Development Index
0.937
(13/190)
i
2021
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
(01-01-2021)
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.23
i
2020
/
Statista, Eurostat
(01-01-2020)
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Federal Public Service of Justice (FPS)
Total number of prisoners
11,213
i
10/11/2022
/ prison administration
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
9.9
i
2020
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I - 2021 Report
, 19 avril 2022, p. 123, table 31.
Prison density
115 %
The Belgium priso…
i
10/11/2022
/ prison administration
Total number of prison facilities
36
including a deten…
i
11/2022
/
FPS Justice, Prisons
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisone…
4.4 %
i
10/11/2022
/ prison administration
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
2021
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I - 2021 Report
, 19 avril 2022, p. 44, table 7.
Untried prisoners
38.4 %
i
31/01/2021
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I - 2021 Report
, 19 avril 2022, p. 65, table 12.
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1996
The death penalty…
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FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
(in French).
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2023
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