Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

Capital city — -

Country population
9,756,700
i
2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.915
(25/193)
i
2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.63
i
2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Public Security
Total number of incarcerated people
19,756
i
31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
217
i
12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
136.2 %
i
31/12/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
30
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
1 %
i
31/12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
2.3 %
i
19/10/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
25.2 %
i
31/12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1954
for common law cr…
i
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Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Public Security

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

19,756

i

31/12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

217

i

12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

136.2 %

i

31/12/2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

30

i

2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR