Netherlands

Capital city — Amsterdam

Country population
17,811,291
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
52.4
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy with parliament…
Human Development Index
0.941
(10/191)
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2021
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.62
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2020
/ United Nations Office on drugs and crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Security
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Custodial Institutions Agency
Total number of prisoners
9,334
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
4.1
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
89.9 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
30
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2011
Female prisoners
4.6 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Incarcerated minors
1.1 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
44.6 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1952
The death penalty…

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