Belgium

Capital city — Brussels

Country population
11,365,800
i
2017
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
94
i
2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary monarchy
Human Development Index
896
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Federal Public Service Justice (FPS Jus…
Total number of prisoners
10,619
i
2016
/ ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
8.2
months
i
2014
/ Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics (SPACE)
Prison density
110 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
36
i
2016
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
4.6 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
33.5 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1996

Contributor(s)International Prison Observatory - Belgian section