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Philippines

Capital city — Manila

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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

151

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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

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

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Department of Interior and Local Government (jails for pre-trial & short sentences) Department of Justice (national prisons for sentences over three years) Department of Social Welfare & Development (centres for children in conflict with the law)

Total number of prison facilities

440

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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR