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Lebanon
Capital city —
Beirut
Country population
5,600,000
i
2015
/ United nations
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
128
i
2015
/
ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary republic
Human Development Index
0.763
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of the Interior
To be transferred to…
Total number of prisoners
6,502
i
2015
/
ICPR
Prison density
186 %
i
2015
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
22
i
2011
/
ICPR
An NPM has been established
Yes
Since 2016
Number and percentage of female prisoners
4.4 %
i
2015
/
ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2 %
i
2015
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No
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2016
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Women
Minors
Death penalty prisoners
Women
Number and percentage of female prisoners
4.4 %
(286)
i
2015
/
ICPR
Minors
Incarcerated minors
2 %
(130)
i
2015
/
ICPR
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
No
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