Netherlands

Capital city — Amsterdam

Country population
17,118,084
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31/01/2018
/ Council of Europe,"Space I - Report 2018", p.28.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
56.4
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31/01/2019
/ Councile of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 31.
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.931
(10/188)
i
2017
/ Source: United Nations Development Programme, "Report on human development".
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.6
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2016
/ United Nations Development Programme, "Report on human development".
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice and Security
The Custodial Institutions…
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Custodial Institutions Agency
Total number of prisoners
9,753
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01/2019
/ Councile of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 31.
Average length of imprisonment (in months)
3.5
i
2017
/ Council of Europe, "Space I – Report 2018", p.108.
Prison density
97 %
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31/01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 72.
Total number of prison facilities
30
Budget cuts announced…
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2018
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2011
Number and percentage of female prisoners
5.5 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.1 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
29.2 %
i
09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1952
The death penaltyis…

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