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More prison detainees in 2021
In 2021, the number of people held in detention rose on the previous year. However, it declined when observed a longer period. This is evident from new figures released by Statistics Netherlands...
Dwellings and non-residential stock; changes, utility function, regions
Residence stock, new built, demolition, additions, withdrawals, balance Housing, non-residential, use function, municipalities, periods
Government expenditure and consumption; functions, transactions, sectors
Government expenditure and final consumption by function (COFOG): General public services, defense, health, education and social protection
More prisoners in 2019
As of 30 September 2019, there were 10 thousand detainees in Dutch prisons, 400 more than in 2018 and 1,100 more than in 2016.
Detention centre
Penitentiary for imprisonment of several types of offenders: People in detention on remand who must await their trial in detention, people serving a short jail sentence, several special legal cases...
Detention
There are two types of detention: imprisonment for a maximum of one year and four months that is less severe than a jail sentence, usually the time is spent in a detention centre. The other is...
Detention on remand
Detention in a detention centre before the court hearings start. This is generally applied to suspects of serious crimes, punishable by at least four years in jail, or when there is a security risk...
Special procedures in criminal cases, 1990-2016
Financial compensations to former suspects and pardons. Compensations due to wrongful incarceration and costs of being a suspect.
Record amount of damages awarded to former suspects
Nearly 23 million euro in damages was paid to former suspects in the Netherlands in 2007. This is nearly twice as much as in 2000.
Amount spent on security care significantly higher
Nearly 12.5 billion euro, i.e. 2.2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) was spent on prevention and combat of crime, urban decay and inconvenience in 2009, an increase by 4 percent relative to...
Households; size, position in the household, 1 January 1995-2013
Households in the Netherlands by size and composition, persons by position in the household on 1 January
Status of detainees
Administrative typology of detainees in a penitentiary by type of detention. This is determined by the phase in the legal process (for instance: detention on remand, convict) the type of sentence...
Detainee
Someone forced to spend time in a Dutch penitentiary, such as a detention centre or jail, either awaiting a court case or serving a prison sentence or a measure passed by a judge, or awaiting...