Australia

Capital city — Canberra

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

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of female prisoners

9.2 % (3,949)

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06/2019

/ Australian Bureau of Statistics

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0 %

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06/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

33 % (14,210)

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06/2019

/ Australian Bureau of Statistics

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1985

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