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Philippines
Capital city —
Manila
Country population
101,730,000
i
2016
/ United Nations
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
140
i
2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Presidential democracy
Human Development Index
0.696
i
2014
/ PNUD
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
-
Total number of prisoners
142,168
i
2016
/ ICPR via Thai Criminology
Prison density
316 %
i
2016
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1,137
i
2013
/ ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisone…
8.9 %
i
15/04/2016
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.4 %
i
2012
/ WPB
Untried prisoners
68 %
i
2016
/ Committee against torture
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2006
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