Print version| Country | NETHERLANDS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Security and Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | National Agency of Correctional Institutions (NACI) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | P.O. Box 30132, NL-2500 GC, THE HAGUE, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +31 70 370 2771 fax: +31 70 370 2910 Web: www.gevangenis.nl |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Peter Hennephof
General Director of NACI (Director of Prison Service: Angeline van Dijk) |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
13,749
at 30.9.2012 (national prison administration - the total includes 967 illegal aliens) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
82
based on an estimated national population of 16.79 million at end of September 2012 (from Eurostat figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
40.9%
(30.9.2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
5.8%
(30.9.2012) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
1.7%
(30.9.2012 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
24.6%
(30.9.2012) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
85
(2012 - 57 prisons for adults, 11 institutions for juveniles, 4 for illegal aliens and 13 TBS clinics) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 16,484
(30.9.2012) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
83.4%
(30.9.2012) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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