Country | Greenland (Denmark) |
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Ministry responsible |
Ministry of Justice, Denmark
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Prison administration |
Department of Prisons and Probation, Denmark
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Contact address |
Strandgade 100, DK-1401 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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Telephone |
+299 45 34 75 00
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Website | |
krfo@krfo.gl
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Head of prison administration (and title) | Naaja H. Nathanielsen
Director General
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Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 136
average 2021 (Danish prison administration)
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Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | 241
based on an estimated national population of 56,500 at mid-2021 (from Statistics Greenland figures)
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Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 21.4%
(average, 2021)
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Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 13.8%
(21.7.2015)
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Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 0.0%
(21.7.2015 - under 18)
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Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 0.9%
(21.7.2015)
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Number of establishments / institutions | 6
(2020)
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Official capacity of prison system | 153
(average, 2021)
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Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | 89.0%
(average, 2021)
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Prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
GREENLAND
Year | Number in | Percentage | Pre-trial/remand |
2000 | 7 | 8.0% | 12 |
2021 | 29 | 21.4% | 52 |
It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The pre-trial/remand population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
Prison population trend up to 2000
The figures below give an indication of the prison population trend in the years up to 2000. They supplement the more recent figures that are shown at the foot of the Overview page and in the graphs below.
GREENLAND (Denmark)
Year |
Prison |
Prison population rate |
1994 |
92 |
165 |