Iceland

Capital city — Reykjavík

Country population
356,991
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01/2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.938
(6/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.9
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
144
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
40
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
6.4
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119.
Prison density
76 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
5
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2019
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2019
/ APT
Female prisoners
7.6 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 43.
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
13.2 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 47.
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1928
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

7.6 % (11)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 43.

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0 %

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09/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

13.2 % (19)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 47.

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1928

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