Malta

Capital city — Valletta

Country population
493,559
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01/2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.885
(28/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.9
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
660
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
131
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07/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
103 %
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03/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2007
Female prisoners
10.4 %
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03/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.6 %
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03/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
35.7 %
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03/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2000
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

10.4 %

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03/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.6 %

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03/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

35.7 %

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03/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2000

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