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Norway

Capital city — Oslo

Country population
5,372,355
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2020
/ Statistics Norway
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
60
i
02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.953
(1/188)
i
2017
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.5
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2017
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
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(JD, Justis- og beredskapsdepartementet)
Total number of prisoners
3,207
i
02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in months)
10.7
months (323 days)
i
2018
/ KDI
Prison density
88 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
34
consisting of 58 prisons
i
2020
/ Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research – ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2014
Number and percentage of female prisoners
6.3 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
24 %
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2018
/ KDI
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1979

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