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Denmark

Capital city — ‎Copenhagen

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Panorama

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.3 % (223)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Percentage of untried female prisoners

45.7 % (102)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

36.8 % (82)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 3 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32

Minors

Minimum age of imprisonment for minors

15 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41

Incarcerated minors

0.3 % (11)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

29 % (1,228)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 12.

Long-term prisoners

People serving a life sentence

0.8 % (33)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 10.

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

38.8 % (1,642)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.

Elderly prisoners

Number and percentage of elderly prisoners

1.3 % (53)

(≥ 65 years old)

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1978