Netherlands

Capital city — Amsterdam

Country population
17,040,000
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
59
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2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy with parliament…
Human Development Index
0.924
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Security and Justice
Total number of prisoners
10,102
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2016
/ ICPR
Prison density
68 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
54
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2011
Female prisoners
5.4 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
30 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1982

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Specific population

Juveniles

Number of specific institutions for juveniles/minors

6

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2015 - World Prison Brief

Juvenile prisoners

1.2 %

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30/09/2015

/ World Prison Brief

The sick and the disabled

Number of specific institutions

11

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2015 - World Prison Brief