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Belarus
Capital city —
Minsk
Country population
9,499,903
i
2017
/ Country meters
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
314
i
2014
/
ICPR
Type of government
Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.796
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Internal Affairs, Departmen…
Total number of prisoners
29,776
i
2014
/
ICPR
Prison density
83 %
i
2014
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
34
i
2014
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of female prisone…
7.5 %
i
2014
/
ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
i
2014
/
ICPR
Untried prisoners
14.3 %
i
2014
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No
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Contributor(s)
Pavel Sapelko / Human Rights Centre Viasna / Prison Insider
Introduction
Overview
Prison population
Organisation
Prison facilities
Safeguards
National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Minors
Untried prisoners
Death penalty prisoners
Physical integrity
Death penalty
Life imprisonment
Deaths in detention
Ill-treatment and violence
Arbitrary or secret detention
Specific population
Prison population
Women
Juveniles
Foreigners
LGBTI persons
Prisoners of conscience
The sick and the disabled
The penitentiary system
Premises
Staff
Daily life
The cells and their equipment
Food
Hygiene
Health
Activities
Work
Schooling and professional training
Religion
External participants
Financial resources and destitution
Means of communication for the inmates
Security and safety
Contact with the outside world
Family visits
Correspondence and phone calls
Sentence adjustment policies
Access to legal rights
National preventive mechanism (NPM)
Right to vote
Overview
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Safeguards
An NPM has been established
No
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