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Netherlands

High confidence

Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 30 Sept 2023

Fresh · 9d ago

Several facilities closed in the 2010s due to under-utilisation; the Netherlands briefly rented cells to Norway and Belgium.

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Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

Prison population

11,537

Year: 2023

Rate per 100,000

Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

78%

At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

29.2%

Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

4.7%

Foreign nationals

25.2%

Conditions risk — across 40 facilities

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

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national average

40 unknown

How Netherlands compares

vs Europe (16) & global averages

Rate per 100,000this: 64 · region: 111 · global: 214

Occupancy ratethis: 78% · region: 98% · global: 125%

Pre-trial sharethis: 29% · region: 28% · global: 32%

The vertical ticks mark the global (grey) and regional (amber) means. Bars are clipped at the high end for readability.

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year

2000: 13,847-21.3% over 22y2022: 10,899

Reform in Netherlands

All reform →

Laws, programmes, and pilots changing how Netherlands incarcerates — plus relevant research.

Closing prisons as crime fell2013–2018
decarceration · completed
Between 2013 and 2018 the Netherlands closed roughly 20 prisons as its prison population fell from ~14,000 to under 9,000. Drivers included falling crime, expanded electronic monitoring, and community-sentence alternatives.

Prisons in Netherlands

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40 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

AVIM Ter Apel

Netherlands

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Cellencomplex Groningen

Netherlands · Groningen

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Centrum voor Transculturele Psychiatrie Veldzicht

Netherlands · Balkbrug

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Detentiecentrum Rotterdam

Netherlands · Rotterdam

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Detentiecentrum Schiphol

Netherlands · Badhoevedorp

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Fivoor - FPA Rotterdam

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Forensisch Centrum Teylingereind

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Forensisch Psychiatrisch Centrum De Oostvaarderskliniek

Netherlands · Almere

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FPC Dr S van Mesdagkliniek

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Justitieel Complex Zeist

Netherlands · Soesterberg

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Justitiele Inrichting Caribisch Nederland locatie Bonaire

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Justitiele Jeugd Inrichting Curacao

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Justitiele Jeugdinrichting Den Hey-Acker

Netherlands · Breda

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Korrektie Instituut Aruba

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MLC

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Penitentiaire Inrichting Achterhoek

Netherlands · Zutphen

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Penitentiaire Inrichting Almelo - De Karelskamp

Netherlands · Almelo

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Penitentiaire Inrichting Alphen aan den Rijn - locatie de Maatschapslaan

Netherlands · Alphen aan den Rijn

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Penitentiaire Inrichting Arnhem

Netherlands · Arnhem

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Penitentiaire Inrichting Grave

Netherlands · Grave

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Penitentiaire Inrichting Haaglanden

Netherlands

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Penitentiaire Inrichting Heerhugowaard

Netherlands · Heerhugowaard

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Penitentiaire Inrichting Krimpen aan den IJssel

Netherlands · Krimpen aan den IJssel

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Penitentiaire Inrichting Leeuwarden

Netherlands · Leeuwarden

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See all 40 prisons in Netherlands →

Data completeness

100%

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

National population: 17,910,0002023
Source-verified: 20 May 2026
Source links: 2 cited

Sources

Direct citations for the figures on this page.

Primary reference
World Prison Brief (ICPS, Birkbeck) — Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research
Council of Europe — SPACE statistics — Council of Europe
See /data-sources for our methodology.