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United Kingdom: England & Wales
Capital city —
London
Country population
59,470,167
i
2021
/ Conseil de l’Europe,
SPACE I – Rapport 2021
, p. 32.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
146
i
10/2023
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary monarchy
Human Development Index
0.929
(18/191)
i
2021
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
11.7
i
2022
/
Office for National Statistics
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
83,844
i
02/2023
/ Ministry of Justice,
Prison population figures
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
8.7
i
2020
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2021
, p. 124.
Prison density
97.4 %
i
12/2022
/
ministry of Justice
Total number of prison facilities
120
i
2023
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes
in March 2009
Female prisoners
3.9 %
i
02/2022
/ Ministry of Justice
Prison population figures
Incarcerated minors
0.5 %
The Youth Justice…
i
2021
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Rapport 2021
, p. 45.
Percentage of untried prisoners
16.9 %
i
12/2022
/ Ministry of Justice,
Offender management statistics
Death penalty is abolished
yes
since 1998
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Year
2023
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