Luxembourg

Capital city — Luxembourg

Country population
613,894
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2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.909
(21/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.3
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
652
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
105
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
8.3
i
2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119.
Prison density
92 %
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
2
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2010
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.8 %
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0 %
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
41 %
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1979
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Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Justice

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

652

i

09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

105

i

09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

8.3

i

2018

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119.

Prison density

92 %

i

09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

2

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR