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Burundi

Capital city — Bujumbura

  • Country population

    11,175,537
    i
    2018
    / World Bank
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    85
    i
    2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Constitutional republic (Presidential Democracy)
  • Human Development Index

    0.423

    (185/188)

    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    6
    i
    2017
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the prison…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    10,832
    i
    07/2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    258 %
    i
    07/2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    13
    i
    07/2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of female prisoners

    5.4 %
    i
    09/2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    1.1 %
    i
    07/2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    49.8 %
    i
    07/2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 2009
    i
    PdM
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