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Denmark

Capital city — ‎Copenhagen

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Country-profile

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.1 % (174)
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15/04/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried female prisoners

50.3 % (92)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

37.2 % (68)
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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

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32

Minors

Minimum age of imprisonment for minors

15 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41

Incarcerated minors

0.3 %

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15/04/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

30.1 % (1,246)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 62

People serving a life sentence

1.1 % (27)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53

Percentage of untried prisoners

39.7 % (1,678)
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15/04/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number and percentage of elderly prisoners

1.3 % (52)

(≥ 65 years old)

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1978