Singapore

Capital city — Singapore

Country population
5,685,807
i
2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
185
i
12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Unicameral parliamentary
Human Development Index
0.938
(11/188)
i
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.2
i
UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of incarcerated people
11,198
i
31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
-
Prison density
79 %
i
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
13
i
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
11.1 %
i
31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
4 %
i
31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
10.6 %
i
31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no

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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

185

i

12/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of incarcerated people

11,198

i

31/12/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

-

Prison density

79 %

i

World Prison Brief, ICPR

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Home Affairs

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

13

i

World Prison Brief, ICPR