Australia

Capital city — Canberra

Country population
25,693,059
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09/2020
/ Australian Bureau of Statistics
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
202
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06/2020
/ Australian Bureau of Statistics
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.944
(8/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.9
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Customs
Total number of prisoners
41,060
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06/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
112 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
111
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
7.7 %
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2020
/ Australian Bureau of Statistics
Percentage of untried prisoners
31.9 %
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06/2020
/ Australian Bureau of Statistics
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1985
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

7.7 % (3,144)

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2020

/ Australian Bureau of Statistics

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

31.9 % (13,097)

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06/2020

/ Australian Bureau of Statistics

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1985

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