Palau

Capital city — Ngerulmud

Country population
18,092
i
2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.826
(50/188)
i
2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
86
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
478
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
148 %
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4 %
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5.6 %
i
2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
4.1 %
i
04/2005
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1994
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PdM

+

2021

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

86

i

2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

478

i

2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

148 %

i

2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

1

i

2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR