Djibouti

Capital city — Djibouti

Country population
913,000
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2016 - World Prison Brief
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
66
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2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Republic with semi-presidential regime
Human Development Index
0.473
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Penitentiary and M…
Total number of prisoners
600
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2016
/ ICPR
Prison density
171 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
2
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2016
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
5 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1995

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Country-profile

Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

66

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2016

/ ICPR

Total number of prisoners

600

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2016

/ ICPR

Prison density

171 %

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2016

/ ICPR

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice, Penitentiary and Muslim Affairs

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

2

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2016

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

350

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2016

/ ICPR