
Denmark
Capital city — Copenhagen
Country population
i2020Type of government
Human Development Index
0.94(10/188)
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of prisoners
i31/01/2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i31/01/2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
i2019/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.Prison density
i15/04/2021Total number of prison facilities
i2020An NPM has been established
Number and percentage of female prisone…
i15/04/2021Incarcerated minors
i15/04/2021Untried prisoners
i15/04/2021Death penalty is abolished
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Special populations
Women
Number and percentage of female prisoners
4.1 %
(174)
i
15/04/2021
Percentage of untried female prisoners
50.3 %
(92)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45
Percentage of foreign female prisoners
37.2 %
(68)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45
Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them
yes, until 3 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32
Minors
Minimum age of juvenile incarceration
15 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
i
15/04/2021
30.1 %
(1,246)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 62
People serving a life sentence
1.1 %
(27)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53
39.7 %
(1,678)
i
15/04/2021
Elderly prisoners (≥60 years)
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1978