THE RIGHT TO HEALTH IN PRISON:
RESULTS OF A NATIONWIDE SURVEY AND REPORT
Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees /
remand prisoners)
51 946 at October 2015
(Ministry of Home Affairs)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national
population)
171
based on an estimated national
population of 30.45 million at October
2015 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees /
25.8%
remand prisoners
(mid-2015)
(percentage of prison population)
Female prisoners
6.6%
(percentage of prison population) (mid-2015)
Juveniles / minors / young
prisoners incl. definition
(percentage of prison population)
Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
2.2%
(30.9.2002)
Number of establishments
/ institutions
47
(2015 - 35 prisons, 4 reformatory centres,
5 special recovery centres,
3 Henry Gurney centres)
31.8%
(mid-2015)
Official capacity of prison system 52 150
(October 2015)
Occupancy level
(based on official capacity)
99.6%
(October 2015)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total,
prison population rate)
Year
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Total
27,358
28,804
43,424
42,389
39,440
38,387
36,608
47,986
Content
116
118
171
161
145
137
126
160
Source: World Prison Brief2
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Accessed via http://www.prisonstudies.org/country/malaysia on 7/3/16
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