Iceland

Capital city — Reykjavík

Country population
366,425
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.949
(4/188)
i
2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.9
i
2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
164
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
45
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5
i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
68 %
i
15/04/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
5
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2019
i
20/02/2019
/ APT
Female prisoners
7.3 %
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45.
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
01/09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
17.1 %
i
31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1928

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

2

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

1

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

122

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

61

i

2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112.

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2019

i

20/02/2019

/ APT