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Haiti
Capital city —
Port-au-Prince
Country population
10,780,000
i
2015
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
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 prison…
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Total number of prisoners
11,164
i
2015
/ MINUSTAH
Prison density
804 %
The United Nations…
i
2015
/ MINUSTAH
Total number of prison facilities
17
+ 5 under construction
i
2016
/ MINUSTAH
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of female prisoners
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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Year
2017
Contributor(s)
Prison Insider and Human rights organisation BDHH
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National preventive mechanism (NPM)
Contact with the outside world
Themes
Family visits
Sentence adjustment policies
Access to legal rights
National preventive mechanism (NPM)
Family visits
Sentence adjustment policies
Access to legal rights
National preventive mechanism (NPM)
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