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Luxembourg
Capital city —
Luxembourg
Country population
660,809
i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 3.
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.916
23/188
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.3
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
705
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
106.7
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 3.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
3.5
i
2022
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 31.
Prison density
70.9 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
3
i
2023
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2010
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
5.5 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 7a.
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.1 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 6.
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
48.9 %
i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 8.
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1979
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Introduction
Overview
Organisation
Prison population
Prison facilities
Staff
Safeguards
Physical integrity
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Children
Foreign nationals
People serving long-term sentences
People awaiting trial
Elderly people
People sentenced to death
Security, order, and discipline
Incidents
Print
Security, order, and discipline
Incidents
Number of escapes
2
i
2022
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 29.
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