Fiji

Capital city — Suva

Country population
929,766
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.729
(104/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.17
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2020
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,276
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01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
248
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01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
103.5 %
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01/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
15
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.5 %
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07/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.7 %
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09/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
19.9 %
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01/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2015
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

2.5 %

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07/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.7 %

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09/2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

19.9 %

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01/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2015

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