South Africa

Capital city — Pretoria

Country population
59,308,690
i
2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
248
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.709
(114/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
36.4
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
147,922
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
125 %
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
235
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2019
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.6 %
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.1 %
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
35.7 %
i
06/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1997

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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

2.6 %

i

2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.1 %

i

2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

35.7 % (52,763)

i

06/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1997