Prisoners by Prison Centre and Sex

Data as of 31 Dec 2022, 23:59

Number of prisoners in Malaysia by prison centre and sex from 2017 to 2022.

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Prisoners

How is this data produced?

In Malaysia, there are two types of prisoners:

  • Convicted prisoners: Individuals who have been convicted of a crime and subsequently imprisoned.
  • Remand prisoners: Individuals who have been detained and are awaiting trial.

This data shows the total number of prisoners, both convicted and remand, and is tabulated from the individual-level administrative records of prisoners managed by the Prisons Department, which is the single source of truth for all prison data in Malaysia.

What caveats I should bear in mind when using this data?

This data is intended to provide a snapshot of the prison population as at the end of each reporting year. It should not be used to assess trends in crime, recidivism, or other criminal justice indicators.

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Dataset description

Number of prisoners in Malaysia by prison centre and sex from 2017 to 2022.

Variable definitions
  • Date
  • State
  • Prison Centre
  • Sex
  • Number of Prisoners
Last updated:

31 Dec 2023, 12:00

Next update:

31 Dec 2024, 12:00

Data source(s)
  • Penjara
License

This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.

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Connect directly to the data with Python.

# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet import pandas as pd URL_DATA = 'https://storage.data.gov.my/publicsafety/prisoners_prison.parquet' df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA) if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date']) print(df)

Sample OpenAPI query

The following code is an example of how to make an API query to retrieve the data catalogue mentioned above. You can use different programming languages by switching the code accordingly. For a complete guide on possible query parameters and syntax, please refer to the official Open API Documentation.

import requests import pprint url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=prisoners_prison&limit=3" response_json = requests.get(url=url).json() pprint.pprint(response_json)