Tonga

Capital city — Nuku'alofa

Country population
104,494
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.725
(104/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Police, Prisons and Fire Se…
Total number of prisoners
176
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07/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
166
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07/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
82 %
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09/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
4
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.5 %
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07/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
9.7 %
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07/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
7.4 %
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07/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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PdM

+

2021

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.5 % (8)

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07/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

9.7 % (17)

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07/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

7.4 % (13)

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07/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

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