Singapore

Capital city — Singapore

Country population
5,685,807
i
2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
185
i
12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Unicameral parliamentary
Human Development Index
0.938
(11/188)
i
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.2
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UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
11,198
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31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
-
Prison density
79 %
i
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
13
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World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
11.1 %
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31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
4 %
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31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
10.6 %
i
31/12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

11.1 % (1,246)

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31/12/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

4 %

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31/12/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

10.6 % (1,182)

i

31/12/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no