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Iceland

Capital city — Reykjavík

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Country-profile

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of female prisoners

7.3 % (12)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.

Percentage of untried female prisoners

33.3 % (4)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

50 % (6)
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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 18 months

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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 %

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01/09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
18.9 % (31)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 62.

People serving a life sentence

0 % (0)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53.
17.1 % (28)
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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
2.4 % (4)

(≥ 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 1928