Papua New Guinea

Capital city — Port Moresby

Country population
8,686,316
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.543
(155/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
10.2
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry for Correctional Service
Total number of prisoners
5,087
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
62
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
117 %
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
18
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.9 %
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.7 %
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
34.4 %
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.9 % (249)

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01/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

3.7 % (188)

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01/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

34.4 % (1,751)

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01/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

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