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Haiti

Capital city — Port-au-Prince

Country population
10,780,000
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2015
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
104
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2015
/ MINUSTAH
Type of government
Semi-presidential democracy
Human Development Index
0.493
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Total number of prisoners
11,164
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2015
/ MINUSTAH
Prison density
804 %
The United Nation…
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2015
/ MINUSTAH
Total number of prison facilities
17
+ 5 under constru…
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2016
/ MINUSTAH
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of female prisone…
4.1 %
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2015
/ MINUSTAH
Incarcerated minors
2.2 %
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2016
/ United Nations
Untried prisoners
68.6 %
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2015
/ MINUSTAH
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1987

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Contributor(s)Prison Insider and Human rights organisation BDHH

Specific population

Specific population

Prison population

Pre-trial detainees

72.19 %

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02/07/2015

/ MINUSTAH

Women

Female prisoners

4.1 %

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31/12/2015

/ World Prison Brief

Juveniles

Juvenile prisoners

2.4 %

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31/12/2015

/ World Prison Brief