United Arab Emirates

Capital city — Abou Dhabi

Country population
9,770,529
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2019
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
104
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.89
(31/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.5
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Interior
Total number of prisoners
9,826
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
158.9 %
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2006
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
21
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2006
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
11.7 %
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2 %
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
38.2 %
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

11.7 % (1,148)

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2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

2 % (197)

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2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

38.2 % (3,755)

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2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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