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 incarcerated people
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
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.5 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
3.7 %
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2017
/ Grandir Dignement
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
52.7 %
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2013
/ ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2015

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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

4.5 % (990)

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2016

/ ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

3.7 % (803)

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2017

/ Grandir Dignement

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

52.7 % (11,600)

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2013

/ ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 2015