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Iceland

Capital city — Reykjavík

  • Country population

    356,991
    i
    01/2019
    / Eurostat
  • Type of government

    Parliamentary Republic
  • Human Development Index

    0.938

    (6/188)

    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    0.9
    i
    2017
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of the Interior
  • Total number of prisoners

    144
    i
    01/2019
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30.
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    40
    i
    01/2019
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30.
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    6.4
    i
    2018
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119.
  • Prison density

    76 %
    i
    09/2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    5
    i
    2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, since 2019
    i
    2019
    / APT
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    7.6 %
    i
    01/2019
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 43.
  • Incarcerated minors

    0 %
    i
    09/2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    13.2 %
    i
    01/2019
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 47.
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1928
    i
    PdM
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An NPM has been established

yes, since 2019

i
2019
/ APT
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