South Korea

Capital city —

Country population
51,635,256
i
2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
109
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.906
(22/188)
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2018
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.6
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2017
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
55,198
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
115.4 %
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
53
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
6.8 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.5 %
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12/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
34.5 %
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

6.8 % (3,753)

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.5 % (276)

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12/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

34.5 % (19,043)

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice