Australia

Capital city — Canberra

Country population
26,821,557
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30/09/2023
/ Australian Bureau of Statistics
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
158
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09/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.946
(10/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.83
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Customs
Total number of prisoners
41,155
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09/2022
/ 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
7.3 %
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09/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
36.6 %
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30/06/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1985
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

7.3 % (3,016)

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09/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

36.6 %

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30/06/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1985

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