Brunei

Capital city — Bandar Seri Begawan

Country population
428,962
i
2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
307
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Islamic Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.845
(43/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.5
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of incarcerated people
1,365
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
133 %
i
2007
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
11.9 %
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.4 %
i
08/2007
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
7.1 %
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
i
PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

11.9 % (162)

i

2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.4 %

i

08/2007

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

7.1 %

i

2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

i