Denmark

Capital city — ‎Copenhagen

Country population
5,789,957
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2018
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
63
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09/2018
/ ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.059
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2017
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
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2019
/ ICPR
Total number of prisoners
3,635
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09/2018
/ ICPR
Prison density
95.8 %
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2018
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
47
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2018
/ ICPR
An NPM has been established
Yes
in 2007
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APT
Female prisoners
3.6 %
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09/2018
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
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09/2018
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
35.5 %
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09/2018
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1978 in gen…
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PDM

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Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

63

i

09/2018

/ ICPR

Total number of prisoners

3,635

i

09/2018

/ ICPR

Prison density

95.8 %

i

2018

/ ICPR

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

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2019

/ ICPR

Total number of prison facilities

47

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2018

/ ICPR