Djibouti

Capital city — Djibouti

Country population
973,560
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2019
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
71
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.524
(166/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Penitentiary and M…
Total number of prisoners
662
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
171 %
at Gabode prison
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
2
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
5 %
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5 %
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
35.8 %
i
2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1995
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Peine de Mort, PdM

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Country-profile

Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

71

i

2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total number of prisoners

662

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2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Prison density

171 %

at Gabode prison

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2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice, Penitentiary and Muslim Affairs

Total number of prison facilities

2

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2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR