Description: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population
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DATA IDENTIFICATION


Name
Unsentenced detainees as percentage of overall prison population
Indicator purpose

This indicator measures the total number of persons held in detention who have not yet been sentenced.

Abstract

The indicator signifies overall respect for the principle that persons awaiting trial shall not be detained in custody unnecessarily. This indicator measures the total number of persons held in detention who have not yet been sentenced, as a percentage of the total number of persons held in detention, on a specified date.

Data source

Judiciary of Belize, Belize Police Department

DATA CHARACTERISTICS



Contact organization person

Judiciary of Belize, Belize Police Department

Date last updated
28-OCT-2019
Periodicity

Annual

Unit of measure

Percentage (%)

Other characteristics

From a development perspective, extensive use of pre-sentence detention when not necessary for reasons such as the prevention of absconding, the protection of victims or witnesses, or the prevention of the commission of further offences. Measuring the relative extent to which pre-sentence detention is used can provide the evidence to assist countries in lowering such burdens and ensuring its proportionate use.

DATA CONCEPTS and CLASSIFICATIONS



Classification used

‘Sentenced’ refers to persons subject to criminal proceedings who have received a decision from a competent authority regarding their conviction or acquittal. For the purposes of the indicator, persons who have received a ‘non-final’ decision (such as where a conviction is subject to appeal) are considered to be ‘sentenced’. 

Disaggregation

is by age, sex and length of pre-trial (unsentenced) detention.

Key statistical concepts

The total number of unsentenced persons held in detention divided by the total number of persons held in detention, on a specified date.

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OTHER ASPECTS



Recommended uses

This indicator is used by Judiciary/Police Department to help save criminal justice system resources and exert financial and unemployment burdens on the accused and his or her family.

Limitations

The target relates to the multidimensional concepts of rule of law and access to justice and at least two indicators are required to cover the main elements of access to justice and efficiency of the justice system. The proposed indicator 16.3.2 covers the efficiency of the justice system.

Other comments

UNODC collects data on prisons through its annual data collection (UN-CTS). The data collection through the UN-CTS is facilitated by a network of over 130 national Focal Points appointed by responsible authorities.

All the metadata shown in this document was gathered from United Nation Statistics Division. The metadata was extracted from https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/.