| Country | Bhutan |
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| Ministry responsible |
Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs
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| Prison administration |
Royal Bhutan Police: Prison Services Division
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| Telephone |
+975 02 322617
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| Fax |
+975 02 334626
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| Head of prison administration (and title) | Senior Superintendent of Prison Services Division
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| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 1 119
at December 2014 (via U.S. State Department human rights report)
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|---|---|
| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | 145
based on an estimated national population of 772,000 at end of 2014 (from United Nations figures)
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| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 4.3%
(31.12.2013)
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 3.4%
(31.12.2013 - under 19)
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| Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 6.8%
(31.12.2013)
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| Number of establishments / institutions | 7
(2013 - 6 prisons for adults, 1 for minors)
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| Prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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346 inmates released from open-air prisons
US State Department Human Rights Country Report 2013: Bhutan
Female prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
BHUTAN
Year | Number of | Percentage | Female prison |
2011 | 38 | 3.8% | 5.2 |
2013 | 47 | 4.3% | 6.2 |
The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column.)