Brunei

Capital city — Bandar Seri Begawan

Country population
449,002
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
186
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11/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Islamic Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.823
(55/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
841
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28/11/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
144 %
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28/11/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
11.9 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.4 %
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08/2007
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
7.1 %
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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PdM

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Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

186

i

11/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of prisoners

841

i

28/11/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

144 %

i

28/11/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Home Affairs

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

3

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR