Taiwan

Capital city — Taipei

Country population
23,726,460
i
2018
/ Worldometers
Type of government
Semi-Presidential Republic
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
60,956
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
258
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
115 %
i
05/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
49
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisoners
8.9 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.6 %
i
12/2019
/ Ministry of Justice
Untried prisoners
4.4 %
i
12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
i
PdM

Year2020

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Country population

23,726,460

2018

/ Worldometers

Type of government

Semi-Presidential Republic

Country population

Type of government

Name of authority in charge of the prison…

Total number of prisoners

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Prison density

Total number of prison facilities

An NPM has been established

Number and percentage of female prisoners

Incarcerated minors

Untried prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Introduction

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Country population

Type of government