Table 1

Prisoners by Gender and Imprisonment Rates, Asia and the Pacific, mid 2003

Territory

Male

Female

Total

General

Population

('000)

Imprisonment

Rate

(per 100 000 population)

Australia

 21 349

 1 545

 22 894

 19 718

116.1

Brunei Darussalam

  434

  39

  473

  324

146.2

Cambodia

 6 026

  320

 6 346

 12 000

52.9

Canada [1]

30 469

1 604

32 073

31 081

103.2

China

1 473 000

 67 000

1 540 000

1 270 000

121.3

Cook Islands

  18

  1

  19

  21

90.4

Fiji

  967

  15

  982

  775

126.7

Hong Kong (China)

 9 841

 2 438

 12 279

 6 816

180.1

India [2]

 262 990

 9 089

 272 079

1 027 000

26.5

Indonesia

 75 387

 2 866

 78 253

 213 000

36.7

Japan [3]

 65 561

 3 941

 69 502

 127 350

54.6

Kiribati

  65

  1

  66

  84

78.1

Korea

 55 633

 3 780

 59 413

 48 500

122.5

Macao (China)

  788

  103

  891

  444

200.7

Malaysia

 36 065

 3 566

 39 631

 25 000

158.5

Mongolia

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 7 871

 2 475

318.0

New Zealand

5 941

285

6 226

40 09

155.3

Pakistan (figures related to State of Jammu and Kashmir only)

  689

  30

  719

 2 500

28.8

Philippines

 25 734

 1 056

 26 790

 76 500

35.0

Singapore

 16 223

 2 030

 18 253[4]

 4 164

438.4

Sri Lanka

 19 265

  709

 19 974

 19 009

105.1

Thailand

 170 311

 43 504

 213 815

 62 800

340.5

Tonga

  111

  2

  113

  101

111.9

Vanuatu

  88

  5

  93

  200

46.5

Table 2

Unconvicted Remandees, Per Cent and Rate, Asia and the Pacific, mid 2003

Territory

Unconvicted

Remandees

Percentage

of Remandees

Remand Rate

(per 100 000 population)

Australia

 4 828

21.1%

24.5

Brunei Darussalam

  14

3.0%

4.3

Cambodia

 1 933

30.5%

16.1

Canada[5]

8 331

26.0%

26.8

Cook Islands

  1

5.3%

4.8

Fiji

  135

13.7%

17.4

Hong Kong (China)

 1 385

11.3%

20.3

India [6]

 208 104

76.5%

20.3

Indonesia

 31 072

39.7%

14.6

Japan [7]

 11 994

17.3%

9.4

Kiribati

  7

10.6%

8.3

Korea

 21 956

37.0%

45.3

Macao (China)

  96

10.8%

21.6

Malaysia

 12 161

30.7%

48.6

Mongolia

 1 578

20.0%

63.7

New Zealand

1 141

18.3%

28.5

Pakistan (figures related to State of Jammu and Kashmir only)

  43

6.0%

1.7

Singapore

 1 155

6.3%

27.7

Sri Lanka

 10 307

51.6%

54.2

Thailand

 56 347

26.4%

89.7

Tonga

  6

5.3%

5.9

Vanuatu

  8

8.6%

4.0

Table 3

Prison Staff and Staff : Prisoners Ratios, Asia and the Pacific, mid 2003

Territory

Total Prison Staff

Prisoners per Staff Member

Australia [8]

 9 816

2.3

Brunei Darussalam

  270

1.8

Cambodia

 1 700

3.7

Canada [9]

28 124

1.1

China

 284 000

5.4

Cook Islands

  18

1.1

Fiji

  479

2.1

Hong Kong (China)

 5 674

2.2

India [10]

 41 067

6.6

Indonesia

 17 202

4.5

Japan [11]

 17 119

4.1

Kiribati

  30

2.2

Korea

 12 490

4.8

Macao (China)

  494

1.8

Malaysia

 9 600

4.1

Mongolia

 1 408

5.6

New Zealand

2 564

2.4

Pakistan (figures related to State of Jammu and Kashmir only)

  256

2.8

Philippines

 2 363

11.3

Singapore

 2 255[12]

7.9

Sri Lanka

 4 665

4.3

Thailand

 10 452

20.5

Tonga

  73

1.5

Vanuatu

  32

2.9

Table 4

Probation and Parole Numbers and Rates, Asia and the Pacific, mid 2003

Territory

Offenders serving