Taiwan

Capital city — Taipei

Country population
23,950,214
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2024
/ Worldometers
Type of government
Semi-Presidential Republic
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
56,481
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
241
from figures by N…
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04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
114.8 %
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31/05/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
49
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
9.1 %
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.9 %
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31/08/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
5.6 %
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

Year2024