Comoros

Capital city — Moroni

Country population
792,000
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2016
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
19
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31/10/2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Federal Republic, with presidential reg…
Human Development Index
0.497
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice, Penitentiary Admin…
Total number of prisoners
148
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31/10/2016
/ ICPR
Prison density
247 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
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2015
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
2 %
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31/10/2016
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No

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Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

19

i

31/10/2016

/ ICPR

Total number of prisoners

148

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31/10/2016

/ ICPR

Prison density

247 %

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2016

/ ICPR

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice, Penitentiary Administration and Islamic Affairs

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

3

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2015

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

60

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31/10/2016

/ ICPR