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Netherlands

Capital city — Amsterdam

Country population
17,441,500
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
54
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31/01/2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2021, p. 32.
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.944
(8/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.6
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Security
The Custodial Ins…
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Custodial Institutions Agency
Total number of prisoners
9,415
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31/01/2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2021, p. 32.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5.1
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2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2021, p. 124.
Prison density
88 %
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31/01/2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2021, p. 77.
Total number of prison facilities
30
Budget cuts annou…
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2018
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2011
Number and percentage of female prisone…
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 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1952
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