Prison statistics for Lower Mekong
Data from the International Centre for Prison Studies, World Prison Brief, showing number of prisons, inmates and capacity in Lower Mekong countries. Collated for a visualization on the OD Mekong Law and judiciary page (https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/topics/law-and-judiciary).
Additional Info
| Field |
Value |
| Dataset topic category |
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| Language |
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| Dataset reference date |
May 19, 2016
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| Temporal extent's start date |
January 1, 2013
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| Temporal extent's end date |
March 31, 2016
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| GeoNames |
- Cambodia
- Viet Nam
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Thailand
- Myanmar
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| Completeness |
From source: "Information is updated on a monthly basis using data from reputable sources." http://www.prisonstudies.org/about-wpb
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| Process Step |
From the World Prison Brief online data site, select "Asia" from the left-hand menu (http://www.prisonstudies.org/map/asia). Select each of the five Lower Mekong countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Vietnam) in turn to return data summaries for them each. Copy and paste the following table entries into the corresponding columns in Excel spreadsheet: "Number of establishments/institutions" = Prisons; "Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners)" = Inmates; "note on prison population source year" = Year; "Official capacity of prison system" = Official capacity; "Pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)" = Pre-trial/remand detainees.
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| Lineage |
International Centre for Prison Studies. World Prison Brief. http://www.prisonstudies.org/
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| Responsible party |
ODI researcher: David Hill. Institute for Criminal Policy Research, University of London. ICPS@bbk.ac.uk
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| License |
CC-BY-4.0
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| Copyright |
No |
| Version |
1.1 |
| Date uploaded |
May 31, 2016, 06:38 (UTC)
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| Date modified |
May 31, 2016, 06:39 (UTC)
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