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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
Female prisoners
7.6 %
i
01/2019
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2019
, p. 43.
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
09/2018
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of 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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Organisation
Prison population
Prison facilities
Safeguards
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Minors
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
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Special populations
Female prisoners
7.6 %
(11)
i
01/2019
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2019
, p. 43.
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
09/2018
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
13.2 %
(19)
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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