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Congo
Capital city —
Kinshasa
Country population
84,100,000
i
2018
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential Democracy)
Human Development Index
0.459
(179/188)
i
2018
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
13.3
i
2016
/
WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
20,550
estimated figure
i
2015
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
29
estimated figure
i
2015
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
120
i
2013
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisoners
3 %
estimated percentage
i
2010
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
13.7 %
i
2010
/
BICE, International Catholic Child Bureau
Untried prisoners
73 %
estimated percentage
i
2015
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2015
i
PdM
+
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2020
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