Bahreïn

Capital city — Manama

Country population
1,472,233
i
2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
234
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.888
(34/193)
i
2022
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.07
i
2021
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
3,485
via US State Depa…
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
110 %
estimated percent…
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
4
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.7 %
estimated percent…
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.4 %
estimated percent…
i
2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
25.7 %
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no

+

Panorama Seen in the press Interviews

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.7 % (178)

estimated percentage

i

2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

3.4 %

estimated percentage

i

2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

25.7 %

i

2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no