Print version| Country | GREENLAND (DENMARK) | |||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice, Denmark | |||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Department of Prisons and Probation, Denmark | |||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Strandgade 100, DK-1401 Copenhagen K, Denmark | |||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +45 32 68 4000 fax: +45 32 68 4050 Web: http://www.kriminalforsorgen.dk |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
William Rentzman
Director General |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
194
1.12.2009 (Danish national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
340
based on an estimated national population of 57,000 at December 2009 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
22.6%
(1.12.2008) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
11.3%
(3.5.2008 - of those in Nuuk Correctional Institution) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
6
(2007) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 192
(2009) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
101.0%
(1.12.2009) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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