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 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
30 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1982

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.4 % (547)

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2016

/ ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

30 % (3,030)

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2016

/ ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 1982

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

19.1 %

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2015

/ ICPR