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Lebanon

Capital city — Beirut

  • Country population

    5,600,000
    i
    2015
    / United nations
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    128
    i
    2015
    / ICPR
  • Type of government

    Parliamentary republic
  • Human Development Index

    0.763
    i
    2016
    / UNDP
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of the Interior

    To be transferred…

  • Total number of incarcerated people

    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 incarcerated w…

    4.4 %
    i
    2015
    / ICPR
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    2 %
    i
    2015
    / ICPR
  • The death penalty is abolished

    No
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

4.4 % (286)
i
2015
/ ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

2 % (130)
i
2015
/ ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

No

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