Taiwan

Capital city — Taipei

Country population
23,816,775
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2020
/ Worldometers
Type of government
Semi-Presidential Republic
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
56,693
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28/02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
241
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02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
115 %
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05/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
49
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
9 %
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28/02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.6 %
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02/2021
/ Ministry of Justice
Percentage of untried prisoners
4.1 %
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28/02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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Panorama Seen in the press

2021

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

9 % (5,077)

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28/02/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.6 % (935)

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02/2021

/ Ministry of Justice

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

4.1 % (2,337)

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28/02/2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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