Netherlands

Capital city — Amsterdam

Country population
17,118,084
i
31/01/2018
/ Council of Europe,"Space I - Report 2018", p.28.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
56.4
i
31/01/2019
/ Councile of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 31.
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.931
(10/188)
i
2017
/ Source: United Nations Development Programme, "Report on human development".
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.6
i
2016
/ United Nations Development Programme, "Report on human development".
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Security
The Custodial Ins…
i
Custodial Institutions Agency
Total number of prisoners
9,753
i
01/2019
/ Councile of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 31.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
3.5
i
2017
/ Council of Europe, "Space I – Report 2018", p.108.
Prison density
97 %
i
31/01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 72.
Total number of prison facilities
30
Budget cuts annou…
i
2018
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2011
Female prisoners
5.5 %
i
09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.1 %
i
09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
29.2 %
i
09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1952
The death penalty…

Panorama Seen in the press

Acronyms

CAT - United Nations Convention against Torture
CPT - European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
DJI - Custodial Institutions Agency - Dienst Justitiële Inrichtingen
EBI - Extra Secure Units - Extra Beveiligde Inrichting
ECtHR - The European Court of Human Rights
EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - Eerste-keuze behandeling om nare ervaringen te verwerken
EPSU - European Public Service Union
EZV - Extra Zorgvoorziening - Extra Care Facility
FNV Overheid - Netherlands Trade Union Confederation – Government section Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging Overheid
GGZ - Mental Health Care Facility - Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg
HBO - Higher professional education - Hoger beroepsonderwijs
HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus
IBT - Internal Assistance Team - Intern Bijstandsteam
ICPR - Institute for Criminal Policy Research
LGBTI - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex
MBO - Middle-level applied education - Middelbaar beroepsonderwijs
MMK - Mother with child’s house - Moeder Met Kindhuis
NPM - National Preventive Mechanism
OPCAT - Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Pbw - Penal Principles Act - Penitentiaire beginselenwet
PPC - Penitentiary Psychiatric Center - Penitentiair Psychiatrisch Centrum
SPACE - Annual Penal Statistics - Statistiques Pénales Annuelles du Conseil de l’Europe
SPT - Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture
STI - Sexually transmitted infections
TA - Anti-Terrorist Unit - Terroristenafdeling
VVD - People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy - Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie

Country population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

Type of government

Human Development Index

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Name of authority in charge of the pris…

Total number of prisoners

Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

Prison density

Total number of prison facilities

An NPM has been established

Female prisoners

Incarcerated minors

Percentage of untried prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Acronyms