Belgium

Capital city — Brussels

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
104
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01/03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Country population
11,754,004
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Type of government
Federal Parliamentary Democracy under a…
Human Development Index
0.937
(13/190)
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2021
/ UNDP, Human Development Report (01-01-2021)
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.23
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2020
/ Statista, Eurostat (01-01-2020)
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Federal Public Service of Justice (FPS)
Total number of prisoners
12,316
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01/03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
6.7
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
114.6 %
Belgium ranks #4…
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06/2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – 2023 Report, p. 18.
Total number of prison facilities
39
The first brick f…
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20/02/2024
/ Régie des Bâtiments
An NPM has been established
Yes, in 2024.
On 4 April 2024,…
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04/04/2024
/ Central Prison Monitoring Council (CCSP)
Female prisoners
4.5 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I - 2021 Report, 19 avril 2022, p. 44, table 7.
Percentage of untried prisoners
36.2 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1996
The death penalty…
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