Solomon Islands

Capital city — Honiara

Country population
724,273
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.562
(156/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of incarcerated people
500
estimate
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
79
estimate
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2019
/ 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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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
1.7 %
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
5.9 %
i
2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
46.8 %
i
2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1978
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

1.7 %

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

5.9 %

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2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

46.8 %

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2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1978

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