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Thailand

Capital city — Bangkok

  • Country population

    69,110,000
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    471
    i
    2017
    / ICPR
  • Type of government

    Monarchy with military regime
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    325,298

    (without minors)

    i
    2018
    / ICPR
  • Prison density

    145 %
    i
    2015
    / ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    144
  • An NPM has been established

    No
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    13.3 %
    i
    2018
    / World Prison Brief
  • Untried prisoners

    19 %
    i
    2017
    / ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    No
    i
    2017
    / ICPR
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Safeguards

An NPM has been established

No

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