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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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