Bhutan

Capital city — Thimphu

Country population
754,394
i
2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
145
i
12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.617
(134/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.6
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs
Total number of prisoners
1,119
i
12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
7
i
2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.3 %
i
12/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.4 %
i
12/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
Data not disclosed
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2004
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PdM

+

Safeguards

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

no