Iceland

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Prison population

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Sentenced + remand

Rate per 100,000

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Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

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At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

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Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

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Foreign nationals

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Conditions risk — across 7 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average

7 unknown

abolitionist on capital punishment since 1928. Last known execution: 1830.ICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.

12 documented human-rights cases →

Prison population over time

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

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ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: ISL

Conditions risk — across 7 facilities

Prison population over time

Prisons in Iceland

Fangelsid Akureyri

Fangelsid Holmsheidi

Fangelsid Kviabryggju

Fangelsid Sogni

HegningarhÃºsiÃ°

KvÃ­abryggja prison

Litla-Hraun

Data completeness

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KvÃabryggja prison