Philippines

Capital city — Manila

Country population
109,581,085
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2020
/ Banque mondiale
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
151
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Presidential democracy
Human Development Index
0.718
(107/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
6.5
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Department of Interior and Local Govern…
Total number of prisoners
165,583
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
362 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
440
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisone…
10.3 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1 %
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
63.9 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2006

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Special populations

Number and percentage of female prisoners

10.3 % (17,121)

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

1 %

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2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

63.9 % (105,742)

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2006