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Hungary

Capital city — Budapest

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Panorama

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

7.7 % (1,290)
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31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried female prisoners

21.6 % (283)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

2.8 % (37)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 1 year old

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

Minors

Minimum age of imprisonment for minors

14 years old

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

Incarcerated minors

0.8 %

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31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

5 % (831)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 62.

Long-term prisoners

People serving a life sentence

0.5 % (60)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53.

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

20.4 % (3,421)
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31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Elderly prisoners

Number and percentage of elderly prisoners

1.2 % (196)

(≥ 65 years)

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42.

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1990