This statistic shows the prison population and prison capacity in Belgium from 2004 to 2014. In 2014, roughly 12 thousand prisoners were residing in Belgian prisons while the capacity of Belgian prisons was only about10 thousand prisoners.
Prison population and capacity in Belgium from 2004 to 2014
Statistics Belgium states that the figures represent the population and capacity on March 1 every year, and capacity changes over the year due to renovations. The capacity for limited detention (meaning that the prisoner can leave the prison during the day for the period that is necessary to fulfill his activity to improve reintegration possibilities) is not included in the figures.
The figures for the prison population exclude the population of the institutions in Tournai (Doornik) and Mons (Bergen).
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Statbel. (March 1, 2016). Prison population and capacity in Belgium from 2004 to 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/534271/prison-population-and-capacity-in-belgium/
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