Belgium

Capital city — Brussels

Country population
11,569,034
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01/2022
/ SPF Intérieur
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
90
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary monarchy
Human Development Index
0.931
(14/189)
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2019
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2
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2017
/ World Bank
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
The official name…
Total number of prisoners
10,379
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01/2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2021
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
7.4
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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2021
Prison density
108 %
Belgium is one of…
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31/01/2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2021
Total number of prison facilities
35
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
The Civil Society…
Female prisoners
4.9 %
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01/2021
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
38.4 %
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01/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1996
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it had not been applied since 1950