Hungary

Capital city — Budapest

Country population
9,830,000
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
180
i
2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary democracy
Human Development Index
0.836
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Interior
Total number of prisoners
17,785
i
2016
/ National Prison Service
Prison density
135 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
30
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2015
Female prisoners
7.4 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.2 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
22.2 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1990

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Contributor(s)Hungarian Helsinki Committee

For more information

Website of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee
Discrimination of Roma within the penitentiaries – study by Hungarian Helsinki Committee, 2014
Website of the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights (MNP)
The cost of no torture in Hungarian Places of detention. The economic study on the NPM’s budget , Budapest Institute – March 2013
Hungarian Criminal Code - Act C 2012
Review of Hungarian Prison Statistics - Hungarian Prison Service, 2015
Hungarian Prison Service