Print version| Country | TAIWAN | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Department of Corrections | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | Web: www.moj.gov.tw |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
66,163
at 31.10.2012 (Ministry of Justice) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
285
based on an estimated national population of 23.25 million at end of October 2012 (from figures by Council for Economic Planning, Taiwan) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
6.9%
(31.10.2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
10.2%
(of newly admitted prisoners, October 2012) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
2.3%
(31.10.2012 - under 18) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
86
(2004 - 18 detention houses, 18 juvenile detention and classification houses, 25 prisons, 2 juvenile reformatory schools, 4 vocational training institutes, 2 juvenile correctional-educational schools and 17 drug abstention and treatment centres) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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