Palau

Capital city — Ngerulmud

Country population
18,092
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.826
(50/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
86
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
478
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
148 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
5.6 %
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
4.1 %
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04/2005
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1994
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

4 %

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

5.6 %

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2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

4.1 %

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04/2005

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1994

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