Papua New Guinea

Capital city — Port Moresby

Country population
10,329,931
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2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.568
(154/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry for Correctional Service
Total number of prisoners
5,373
via Asian & P…
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
57
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
116.5 %
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07/01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
18
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.4 %
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.7 %
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07/01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
42.9 %
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2022
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.4 % (238)

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2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

3.7 %

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07/01/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

42.9 % (2,303)

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2023

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2022

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