Denmark

Capital city — ‎Copenhagen

Country population
5,789,957
i
2018
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
63
i
09/2018
/ ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.059
i
2017
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
i
2019
/ ICPR
Total number of prisoners
3,635
i
09/2018
/ ICPR
Prison density
95.8 %
i
2018
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
47
i
2018
/ ICPR
An NPM has been established
Yes
in 2007
i
APT
Female prisoners
3.6 %
i
09/2018
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
i
09/2018
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
35.5 %
i
09/2018
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1978 in gen…
i
PDM

+

Panorama Seen in the press Interviews

Contributor(s)Prison Insider

Introduction

Country population

5,789,957

i

2018

Type of government

Constitutional monarchy

Human Development Index

0.059

i

2017

/ UNDP