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Vanuatu
Capital city —
Port Vila
Country population
307,150
i
2020
/
World Bank
Type of government
Unitary republic
Human Development Index
0.609
(140/188)
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
i
2016
/
WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Community Servi…
Total number of prisoners
253
i
2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
86
i
2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
107 %
i
09/2016
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
4
i
2015
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.5 %
i
2018
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.5 %
i
09/2016
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
15.3 %
i
2018
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1980
i
PdM
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Year
2021
2021
Introduction
Overview
Organisation
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
2.5 %
(5)
i
2018
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.5 %
i
09/2016
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
15.3 %
(31)
i
2018
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1980
i
PdM
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