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
Female prisoners
4.6 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
33.5 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1996

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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

94

i

2016

/ ICPR

Total number of prisoners

10,619

i

2016

/ ICPR

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

8.2

months

i

2014

/ Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics (SPACE)

Prison density

110 %

i

2016

/ ICPR

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Federal Public Service Justice (FPS Justice)

Budget of the prison service

581,5

million (euros)

Total number of prison facilities

36

i

2016