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Netherlands

Capital city — Amsterdam

  • Country population

    17,441,500
    i
    2020
    / World Bank
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    54
    i
    31/01/2021
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2021, p. 32.
  • Type of government

    Constitutional monarchy
  • Human Development Index

    0.944

    (8/188)

    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    0.6
    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice and Security

    The Custodial Ins…

    i
    Custodial Institutions Agency
  • Total number of prisoners

    9,415
    i
    31/01/2021
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2021, p. 32.
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    5.1
    i
    2021
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2021, p. 124.
  • Prison density

    88 %
    i
    31/01/2021
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2021, p. 77.
  • Total number of prison facilities

    30

    Budget cuts annou…

    i
    2018
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, in 2011
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    5.5 %
    i
    09/2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    1.1 %
    i
    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 penalty…

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