Bangladesh

Capital city — Dhaka

Country population
161,356,039
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
52
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05/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Presidential d…
Human Development Index
0.614
(135/188)
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2018
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.2
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2017
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Prison density
216.9 %
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05/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
68
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.1 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.7 %
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2012
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
81.3 %
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05/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.1 %

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.7 %

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2012

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

81.3 %

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05/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no