Cambodia

Capital city — Phnom Penh

Country population
15,650,000
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2015
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
112
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2015
/ ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.563
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Directorate General of Prisons (DGP)
Total number of prisoners
17,522
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2015
/ ICPR
Prison density
206 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
28
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2014
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
8.3 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.4 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
69.1 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1989

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Panorama Seen in the press

Contributor(s)PI with the information published by the LICADHO

For more information

LICADHO, Rights at a price: life in Cambodian prisons, January 2015.
LICADHO, Mothers behind bars, the impact on detention on women and their children, May 2015.
LICADHO, Childhood behind bars, growing up in a Cambodian prison, Dara’s story,, February 2015.
LICADHO, Torture and Ill treatment: testimony from inside Cambodia’s police stations and prisons, June 2014.
Prisoner’s pack Cambodia