East Timor

Capital city — Dili

Country population
1,360,596
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2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential d…
Human Development Index
0.566
(155/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.06
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2015
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
763
via the UN Human…
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
55
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
173.4 %
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03/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.1 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5.5 %
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04/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
23.2 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1999
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PdM

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Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Prison population

Total number of incarcerated people

763

via the UN Human Rights Council

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03/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

55

i

03/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

173.4 %

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03/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

3

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR