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Netherlands

Capital city — Amsterdam

  • Country population

    17,811,291
    i
    01/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    52.4
    i
    31/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
  • Type of government

    Constitutional monarchy with parliament…
  • Human Development Index

    0.941

    (10/191)

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

    0.62
    i
    2020
    / United Nations Office on drugs and crime
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice and Security
    i
    Custodial Institutions Agency
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    9,334
    i
    31/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    4.1
    i
    2022
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
  • Prison density

    89.9 %
    i
    31/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.
  • Total number of prison facilities

    30
    i
    2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, in 2011
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    4.6 %
    i
    31/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    1.1 %
    i
    09/2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    44.6 %
    i
    31/01/2023
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
  • The death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1952

    The death penalty…

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