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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
    PdM
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