Denmark

Capital city — ‎Copenhagen

Country population
5,932,654
i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.94
(10/188)
i
2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1
i
2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
4,230
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
71.3
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5.4
i
2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 31.
Prison density
96.9 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
54
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2007
Female prisoners
5.3 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
Percentage of untried prisoners
38.8 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1978

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

5

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

1

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

11.8

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

2.4

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, in 2007