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Haiti
Capital city —
Port-au-Prince
Country population
10,780,000
i
2015
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
104
i
2015
/ MINUSTAH
Type of government
Semi-presidential democracy
Human Development Index
0.493
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Total number of prisoners
11,164
i
2015
/ MINUSTAH
Prison density
804 %
The United Nation…
i
2015
/ MINUSTAH
Total number of prison facilities
17
+ 5 under constru…
i
2016
/ MINUSTAH
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of female prisone…
4.1 %
i
2015
/ MINUSTAH
Incarcerated minors
2.2 %
i
2016
/ United Nations
Untried prisoners
68.6 %
i
2015
/ MINUSTAH
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1987
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2017
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2017
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Prison Insider and Human rights organisation BDHH
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Physical integrity
Themes
Death penalty
Life imprisonment
Deaths in detention
Ill-treatment and violence
Arbitrary or secret detention
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