New Zealand

Capital city — Wellington

Country population
5,084,300
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
164
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
constitutional parliamentary monarchy
Human Development Index
0.931
(14/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.7
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Department of Corrections (Ministry of…
Total number of prisoners
8,397
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
-
Prison density
94 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
18
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2007
Female prisoners
6.2 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.2 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
37.3 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1989
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2021
/ PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

6.2 % (520)

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.2 %

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

37.3 % (3,129)

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1989

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2021

/ PdM