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Guinea

Capital city — Conakry

Country population
12,044,000
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
26
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2014
/ UN
Type of government
Presidential republic
Human Development Index
0.414
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
3,110
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2014
/ Ministry of Justice
Prison density
174.8 %
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2008
Total number of prison facilities
31
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2014
/ ICPS
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of female prisone…
3.8 %
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Ministry of Justice
Incarcerated minors
5.5 %
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Ministry of Justice
Untried prisoners
65 %
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2013
/ ICPS
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2017
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2015
/ PDM

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Death penalty is abolished

No, but abolitionnist in practice

no execution since 2001

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2015

/ PDM

Yes

since 2017

Updated on: 4/9/19