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Japan

Capital city — Tokyo

  • Country population

    126,942,000
    i
    01/08/2015
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    47
    i
    31/12/2014
  • Type of government

    constitutional monarchy
  • Human Development Index

    0.891

    (20/188)

    i
    2014
    / Programme des Nations unies pour le développement.
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    2
  • Name of authority in charge of the prison…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    60,486
    i
    31/12/2014
  • Average length of imprisonment (in months)

    36
    i
    2014
    / Center for Prisoners’ Rights and Japanese Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA)
  • Prison density

    67.1 %
    i
    2014
    / ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    188
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of female prisoners

    8.3 %
    i
    2014
    / ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    4.8 %
    i
    2014
    / ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    11.3 %
    i
    2014
    / ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    no
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