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Pakistan

Capital city — Islamabad

Country population
212,200,000
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Type of government
Federal Islamic Republic
Human Development Index
0.56
(152/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.2
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights
Total number of prisoners
77,275
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
38
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
133.8 %
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
98
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisoners
1.6 %
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.7 %
i
12/2012
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
62.1 %
i
09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

77,275

i

09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

38

i

09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

133.8 %

i

09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

98

i

2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR