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Nepal

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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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Conditions risk — across 55 facilities

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

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national average
55 unknown
abolitionist on capital punishment since 1997. Last known execution: 1979.ICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): signatory

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

Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year
2004: 6,393+330.9% over 18y2022: 27,550

Source: unodc

Prisons in Nepal

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55 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Banke District Prison

Nepal

Type

District Prison

Capacity

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Held

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Bhimphedi Jail

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Biratnagar Prison

Nepal

Type

Prison

Capacity

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Held

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Birgunj Jail

Nepal · Birgunj

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Birgunj Prison

Nepal

Type

Prison

Capacity

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Held

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Butwal Prison

Nepal

Type

Prison

Capacity

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Held

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Central Jail (Nepal)

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

1,250

Held

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Central Jail Kathmandu

Nepal

Type

Central Prison

Capacity

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Held

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ChaarKhaal

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Chitwan District Prison

Nepal

Type

District Prison

Capacity

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Held

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Dailekh District Prison

Nepal

Type

District Prison

Capacity

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Held

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Dang District Prison

Nepal

Type

District Prison

Capacity

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Held

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Dhading Prison

Nepal · Nilkantha Municipality

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Dhangadhi Prison

Nepal

Type

Prison

Capacity

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Held

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Dhanusa District Prison

Nepal

Type

District Prison

Capacity

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Held

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Dharan Prison

Nepal

Type

Prison

Capacity

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Held

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diistrict prision

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Dillibazar Prison

Nepal

Type

Prison

Capacity

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Held

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District Jail

Nepal · Nuwakot

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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District Jail (jillaa kaaraagaar gulmii)

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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district prison

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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District Prison

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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District Prison Kalikot

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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District Prison of Jhapa

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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See all 55 prisons in Nepal →

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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