Friday, January 30, 2015

Prison Population of Thailand



Category
male
female
Total
%
Trial complete
215,101
36,636
251,737
77.3
Incomplete
  63,310
10,439
  73,749
22.65
Juveniles
      164
        3
      167
  0.05
Total
278,575
47,068
325,653
100
Data on 25th December 2014
                                        Source: Department of Corrections

Notes: Thailand has the 6th highest prison population in the world, and related to population the highest female prison population.
1st US; 2,228,224
2nd China; 1,701,344
3rd Russia; 674,100
4th Brazil; 548,003
5th India; 385,185
6th Thailand; 325,653 (updated to 25th December 2014)
                     Source: Pocket World in Figures, Economist, 2015

Death Penalty Statistics



Persons Condemned to Death in Thailand
Stage of trial
        Drug related
           Other
Total
       (Gender)
male
female
both
male
female
both

Appeal court
113         30        143
171         8         179
 322
Supreme court
  18           0         18
 52          0           52
   70
Court complete
126         15        141
111         1         112
 253
         Total

257         45        302

334         9         343

 645