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Norway
Capital city —
Oslo
Country population
5,488,984
i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
56
i
03/05/2024
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.961
(2/191)
i
2021
/
UNDP, Human Development Index
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.57
i
2020
/
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
i
(JD,
Justis- og beredskapsdepartementet
)
Total number of prisoners
3,092
i
03/05/2024
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
6.6
i
2022
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2022
, table 31.
Prison density
89.7 %
i
03/05/2024
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
33
consisting of 58…
i
2021
/
Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research – ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2014
Female prisoners
4.5 %
i
03/05/2024
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
i
03/05/2024
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
30.8 %
i
03/05/2024
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1979
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2024
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