South Korea

Capital city —

Country population
51,628,117
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
103
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12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.929
(19/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.53
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
52,940
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31/12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
108.1 %
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31/12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
54
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
8.1 %
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31/12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.7 %
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31/12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
34.9 %
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31/12/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

8.1 % (4,272)

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31/12/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.7 %

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31/12/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

34.9 % (18,465)

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31/12/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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