Iceland
Capital city — Reykjavík
Country population
i2020Type of government
Human Development Index
0.949(4/188)
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of prisoners
i31/01/2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i31/01/2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
i2019/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.Prison density
i15/04/2020Total number of prison facilities
i2020An NPM has been established
i20/02/2019/ APTNumber and percentage of female prisone…
i31/01/2020/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.Incarcerated minors
i01/09/2018Untried prisoners
i31/01/2020Death penalty is abolished
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Special populations
Women
Number and percentage of female prisoners
7.3 %
(12)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.
Percentage of untried female prisoners
33.3 %
(4)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.
Percentage of foreign female prisoners
50 %
(6)
i
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
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32.
Minors
Minimum age of imprisonment for minors
15 years old
i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41.
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
01/09/2018
18.9 %
(31)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 62.
People serving a life sentence
0 %
(0)
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53.
17.1 %
(28)
i
31/01/2020
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1928