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Belgium

Capital city — Brussels

  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    104
    i
    01/03/2024
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Country population

    11,754,004
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    01/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
  • Type of government

    Federal Parliamentary Democracy under a…
  • Human Development Index

    0.937

    (13/190)

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    2021
    / UNDP, Human Development Report (01-01-2021)
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    1.23
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    2020
    / Statista, Eurostat (01-01-2020)
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Federal Public Service of Justice (FPS)
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    12,316
    i
    01/03/2024
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    6.7
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    2022
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
  • Prison density

    114.6 %

    Belgium ranks #4…

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    06/2024
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – 2023 Report, p. 18.
  • Total number of prison facilities

    39

    The first brick f…

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    20/02/2024
    / Régie des Bâtiments
  • An NPM has been established

    Yes, in 2024.

    On 4 April 2024,…

    i
    04/04/2024
    / Central Prison Monitoring Council (CCSP)
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    4.5 %
    i
    31/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    0 %
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    2021
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I - 2021 Report, 19 avril 2022, p. 44, table 7.
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    36.2 %
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    31/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
  • The 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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