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Australia
Capital city —
Canberra
Country population
25,364,300
i
06/2019
/
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
217
i
06/2019
/
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.938
(6/188)
i
2018
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.8
i
2017
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice and Customs
Total number of prisoners
43,032
i
06/2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
112 %
i
2017
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
111
i
2015
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisoners
9.2 %
i
06/2019
/
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
06/2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
33 %
i
06/2019
/
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1985
i
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2020
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