Ipsos regarding the estimated and actual occupancy level of prisons in Belgium and the Netherlands in 2018.
The survey results show that as of 2018, prisons in Belgium had a higher occupancy level than prisons in the Netherlands, with Belgian prisons operating at 110 percent of capacity. Survey respondents in both Belgium and the Netherlands overestimated the occupancy level of prisons. Belgian respondents overestimated the occupancy level of prisons by roughly 40 percent, while Dutch respondents overestimated the number of people incarcerated by nearly 20 percent.
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Ipsos. (December 5, 2018). What do you think the occupancy level of prisons in your country is?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/952686/estimated-and-actual-occupancy-level-of-prisons-in-the-netherlands-and-belgium/
Ipsos. "What do you think the occupancy level of prisons in your country is?*." Chart. December 5, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/952686/estimated-and-actual-occupancy-level-of-prisons-in-the-netherlands-and-belgium/
Ipsos. (2018). What do you think the occupancy level of prisons in your country is?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/952686/estimated-and-actual-occupancy-level-of-prisons-in-the-netherlands-and-belgium/
Ipsos. "What Do You Think The Occupancy Level of Prisons in Your Country Is?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/952686/estimated-and-actual-occupancy-level-of-prisons-in-the-netherlands-and-belgium/
Ipsos, What do you think the occupancy level of prisons in your country is?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/952686/estimated-and-actual-occupancy-level-of-prisons-in-the-netherlands-and-belgium/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
What do you think the occupancy level of prisons in your country is?* [Graph], Ipsos, December 5, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/952686/estimated-and-actual-occupancy-level-of-prisons-in-the-netherlands-and-belgium/