Madagascar

Capital city — Antananarivo

Country population
24,916,000
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2016
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
88
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2016
/ ICPR
Human Development Index
0.512
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2016
/ UNDP
Total number of prisoners
22,000
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2016
/ ICPR
Prison density
193 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
82
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2016
An NPM has been established
No
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2017
Female prisoners
4.5 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.7 %
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2017
/ Grandir Dignement
Percentage of untried prisoners
52.7 %
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2013
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2015

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Specific population

Juveniles

Juvenile prisoners

3.4 %

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01/09/2016

/ World Prison Brief

Pre-trial detainees

53 %

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01/01/2013

/ WPB last available data

Women

Female prisoners

4.5 %

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01/09/2016

/ World Prison Brief

Foreigners

Foreign prisoners

0.1 %

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30/10/2009

/ WPB last available data