Hungary

Capital city — Budapest

Country population
9,749,763
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.854
40/188
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.5
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
16,783
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
172
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
11
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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
96 %
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31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
32
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2015
Number and percentage of female prisone…
7.7 %
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31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.8 %
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31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
20.4 %
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31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1990

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

50

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

6

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

30

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

3.6

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2015