Faeroe Islands

Capital city — Tórshavn

Country population
53,090
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
-
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2008
/ Population Data
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Denmark
Total number of incarcerated people
12
average figure fo…
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
23
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
87.9 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2007
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
0 %
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09/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
Data not disclosed
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
65.9 %
average percentag…
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1978
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

0 %

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09/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

Data not disclosed

not disclosed

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

65.9 %

average percentage

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1978

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