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Cambodia

Capital city — Phnom Penh

Country population
15,650,000
i
2015
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
112
i
2015
/ ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.563
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Directorate General of Prisons (DGP)
Total number of prisoners
17,522
i
2015
/ ICPR
Prison density
206 %
i
2015
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
28
i
2014
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of female prisoners
8.3 %
i
2015
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.4 %
i
2015
/ ICPR
Untried prisoners
69.1 %
i
2015
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1989

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Special populations

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of female prisoners

8.3 % (1,456)

i

2015

/ ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

3.4 % (595)

i

2015

/ ICPR

Untried prisoners

69.1 % (12,107)

i

2015

/ ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 1989