The second edition of the Regional Snapshot can be downloaded here.
Daejeon (Republic of Korea), 1 June 2021 - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) – Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) Centre of excellence for Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice in Asia and the Pacific (CoE) released the Regional Snapshot 2 – Prison Population in South-eastern Asia.
The South-eastern Asia prison population showed the largest increase from 2000 to 2019 among subregions in Asia and the Pacific. In 2019, approximately 1.19 million people in South-eastern Asia were detained in prison, a rise of 120% since 2000.
In order to understand the dynamics of imprisonment in the Asia-Pacific region, the CoE has been publishing the series of the Regional Snapshot – Prison Population, addressing the prison-related issues; prison population, unsentenced share, and overcrowding. The first edition provided a regional overview of the issues, and the second is focusing on these topics in South-eastern Asia.
As part of its commitment to improving the collection and use of crime statistics for evidence-based policymaking, the CoE will continue to deliver statistical information on crime and criminal justice in the region to a variety of actors including policymakers and the general public.
Any inquiries about the publication and about the work of CoE can be sent to unodc-kostat.coe@un.org.
