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

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Contributor(s)International Prison Observatory - Belgian section

Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

94

i

2016

/ ICPR

Total number of prisoners

10,619

i

2016

/ ICPR

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

8.2

months

i

2014

/ Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics (SPACE)

Prison density

110 %

i

2016

/ ICPR

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Federal Public Service Justice (FPS Justice)

Budget of the prison service

0

million (euros)

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

36

i

2016