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Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

Prison population

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Sentenced + remand

Rate per 100,000

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Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

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At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

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Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

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Foreign nationals

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Figures from official sources · methodology

Conditions risk — across 60 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average
60 unknown
retentionist on capital punishment. Last known execution: 2024.Methods: hangingICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): not a signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Executions by year (Amnesty International)
  • 2024
    6
Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.
1 documented human-rights cases →

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year
2000: 62,669-14.1% over 24y2024: 53,831

Source: unodc

Prisons in Bangladesh

Browse all 60 →

60 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Aynaghar

Bangladesh · Dhaka

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Bagerhat Jela Karagar

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Bandarban District Jail

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Barguna Central Jail

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Barisal Central Jail

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Barisal Central Jail(Proposed)

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Barishal Central Jail

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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B-Baria Distric prisone

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Bhola District Jail

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Birampur Kendrio Karagar

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Birampur Upozilla Prison

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Bogura District Jail

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Central Jail

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

4,590

Held

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Central Jail

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Central Jail

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Chandpur District Prison

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Chapainawabganj District Jail, Chapai Nawabganj

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Chattogram Central Jail

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Chittagong Central Jail

Bangladesh · Chittagong

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Comilla Central Jail

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Cox's Bazar District Jail

Bangladesh · Cox's Bazar

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Dhaka Central Jail, Keraniganj

Bangladesh · Keraniganj

Maximum

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Dhaka Central Jail, Keraniganj, Prison, Dhaka - Mawa Hwy, Dhaka

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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District Prison (Old), Feni

Bangladesh

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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See all 60 prisons in Bangladesh →

Data completeness

10%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population
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Source-verified
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ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Bangladesh — prison statistics. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/countries/bangladesh
Chicago
"Bangladesh — prison statistics." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/countries/bangladesh.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-bangladesh,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Bangladesh — prison statistics},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/bangladesh},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}