
Belgium
Capital city — Brussels
Country population
i2017Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
Type of government
Human Development Index
i2016/ UNDPName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of incarcerated people
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
8.2months
i2014/ Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics (SPACE)Prison density
Total number of prison facilities
i2016An NPM has been established
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
The death penalty is abolished
Yessince 1996
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Overview
Prison population
Organisation
Name of authority in charge of the prison administration
Federal Public Service Justice (FPS Justice)
Budget of the prison administration
0
million (euros)
Prison facilities
Total number of prison facilities
36
i
2016