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Belarus

Capital city — Minsk

Country population
9,499,903
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2017
/ Country meters
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
314
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2014
/ ICPR
Type of government
Presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.796
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Internal Affairs, Departmen…
Total number of prisoners
29,776
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2014
/ ICPR
Prison density
83 %
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2014
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
34
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2014
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of female prisone…
7.5 %
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2014
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
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2014
/ ICPR
Untried prisoners
14.3 %
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2014
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No

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Contributor(s)Pavel Sapelko / Human Rights Centre Viasna / Prison Insider

Special populations

Special populations

Number and percentage of female prisoners

7.5 % (2,232)

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2014

/ ICPR

Incarcerated minors

0.3 % (90)

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2014

/ ICPR

14.3 % (4,259)

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2014

/ ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

No