Denmark

Capital city — ‎Copenhagen

Country population
5,831,404
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.94
(10/188)
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
4,140
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
71
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
4.4
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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
103.5 %
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15/04/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
45
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2007
Female prisoners
4.1 %
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15/04/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
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15/04/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
39.7 %
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15/04/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1978

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

12

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

9

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

29

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

22

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, in 2007