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Denmark

Capital city — ‎Copenhagen

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Panorama

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison service

506,236,894

EUR

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 33.

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

4,230

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.

Variation in the number of prisoners

increase

The prison population increased by 2.82% between 2022 (4,114)1 and 2023 (4,230).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 3. ↩

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

7,209

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2023, table 9.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

decrease

The number of persons serving non-custodial sentences decreased by 3.48% between 2022 (7,469)1 and 2023 (7,209).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9. ↩

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

71.3

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.

Variation in the incarceration rate

increase

The incarceration rate increased by 1.13% between 2022 (70.5)1 and 2023 (71.3).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 3. ↩

Number of admissions

9,288

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 23.

Number of releases

Data not disclosed

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 26.

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

5.4

i
2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 31.

Prison density

96.9 %

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

54

i
2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

4,367

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

1,792

i
31/01/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 19.

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 2

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 21.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

370

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff

8.5 % (370)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.