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Cambodia
Capital city —
Phnom Penh
Country population
15,650,000
i
2015
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
112
i
2015
/
ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.563
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
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 prisone…
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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Women
Minors
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Number and percentage of female prisoners
8.3 %
(1,456)
i
2015
/
ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.4 %
(595)
i
2015
/
ICPR
69.1 %
(12,107)
i
2015
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1989
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