Malaysia

Capital city — Kuala Lumpur

Country population
31,528,585
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.804
(61/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.1
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
74,000
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
230
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
142 %
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12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
52
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.5 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.2 %
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09/2002
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
26.7 %
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Female prisoners

4.5 %

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

2.2 %

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09/2002

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

26.7 %

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2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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