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Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date.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 25 facilities

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

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national average
25 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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25 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Bhimphedi Jail

Nepal

Type

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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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Central Jail (Nepal)

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

1,250

Held

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ChaarKhaal

Nepal

Type

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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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diistrict prision

Nepal

Type

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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, Kaski

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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District Prison Office, Dang

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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District Prison Office, Rukum

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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Gorkha Prison Jail

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Jhumka regional prison

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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jillaa kaaraagaar kaaryaaly

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Jumla Prison

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Karagar, Parbat

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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ladies section of prison

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Myagdi jilla karagar

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Nakhu Jail

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Prison Office Tulsipur

Nepal

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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See all 25 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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ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
NPL

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Nepal — prison statistics. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/countries/nepal
Chicago
"Nepal — prison statistics." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/countries/nepal.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-nepal,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Nepal — prison statistics},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/nepal},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}