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Mauritania
Capital city —
Nouakchott
Country population
4,649,660
i
2020
/
World Bank
Type of government
Islamic Republic
Human Development Index
0.546
(157/188)
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
11
i
2016
/
WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,175
i
2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
47
i
2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
102 %
i
04/2018
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
17
i
2018
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2015
Female prisoners
1.3 %
i
2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.3 %
i
07/2015
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
47.5 %
i
2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
no execution sinc…
i
PdM
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Prison population
Prison facilities
Safeguards
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Minors
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
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Special populations
Female prisoners
1.3 %
i
2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.3 %
i
07/2015
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
47.5 %
(1,033)
i
2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
no execution since 1987
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PdM
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