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Norway

Capital city — Oslo

  • Country population

    5,372,355
    i
    2020
    / Statistics Norway
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    56
    i
    01/02/2021
    / 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
    i
    2017
    / UNDP
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice and Public Security
    i
    (JD, Justis- og beredskapsdepartementet)
  • Total number of prisoners

    2,921

    There were 2,921…

    i
    06/2021
    / Norway.mw
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    10.7

    months (323 days)

    i
    2018
    / KDI
  • Prison density

    83 %
    i
    2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    34

    consisting of 58…

    i
    2020
    / Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research – ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, in 2014
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    4.5 %
    i
    05/2021
    / KDI
  • Incarcerated minors

    0.3 %
    i
    05/2021
    / KDI
  • Untried prisoners

    24 %
    i
    2018
    / KDI
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1979
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