Thailand

Capital city — Bangkok

Country population
69,428,524
i
2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.765
(77/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
3.2
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
347,042
i
03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
539
i
03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
144.8 %
i
09/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
143
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
13.6 %
i
03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
i
12/2019
/ Department of Corrections
Percentage of untried prisoners
16.7 %
i
03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

347,042

i

03/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

539

i

03/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

144.8 %

i

09/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

143

i

2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR