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Belgium

Capital city — Brussels

Country population
11,365,800
i
2017
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
94
i
2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary monarchy
Human Development Index
896
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Federal Public Service Justice (FPS Jus…
Total number of prisoners
10,619
i
2016
/ ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
8.2
months
i
2014
/ Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics (SPACE)
Prison density
110 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
36
i
2016
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of female prisone…
4.6 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Untried prisoners
33.5 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1996

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Country population

11,365,800

i

2017

Type of government

Parliamentary monarchy

Human Development Index

896

i

2016

/ UNDP