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Denmark
Capital city —
Copenhagen
Country population
5,806,081
i
01/2019
/
Eurostat
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
71
i
02/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.93
(11/188)
i
2018
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.2
i
2017
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
4,125
i
02/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in months)
4.2
i
2018
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2019
, p. 119
Prison density
103 %
i
02/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
45
i
02/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2007
Number and percentage of female prisoners
4.4 %
i
02/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
i
02/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
38.2 %
i
02/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1978
i
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