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Justice

South Korea · Prisoners (total count)

Persons actually held in prison: total stock.· Average daily number of people held in prisons and detention centres, sentenced and awaiting trial
63.7K
2025
+12.6 %vs 2023
min 45.5K 2012max 68.1K 1999
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Source: Ministry of Justice of Korea, Ministry of Justice of Korea · Correctional statistics
Updated Nov 13, 2026
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