Solomon Islands

Capital city — Honiara

Country population
669,823
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.567
(151/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
3.9
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2019
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
479
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
77
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
78 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
6
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
1.7 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5.9 %
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
46.8 %
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1978
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PdM

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Country-profile

2021

Special populations

Female prisoners

1.7 %

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

5.9 %

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2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

46.8 % (224)

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2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1978

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