Morocco and Western Sahara

Capital city — Rabat

Country population
34,280,000
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2015
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
222
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2015
/ ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.647
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
76,794
i
2015
/ Human Rights Watch
Total number of prison facilities
77
i
2015
/ ICPR
An NPM has been established
No
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.2 %
i
2014
/ ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
2 %
i
2014
/ Morocco's Prison Observatory
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
40.8 %
i
2015
/ Human Rights Watch
The death penalty is abolished
No, but abolitionist in practice

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Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

222

i

2015

/ ICPR

Total number of incarcerated people

76,794

i

2015

/ Human Rights Watch

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison administration

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison administration

-

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

77

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2015

/ ICPR