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Republic of the Congo

Capital city — Brazzaville

  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    27
    i
    09/2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Country population

    5,970,424
    i
    2022
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    presidential regime
  • Human Development Index

    0.571

    (153/191)

    i
    2021
    / UNDP, Human development summary
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    Data not disclosed

  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and t…

    since 1991

  • Total number of incarcerated people

    1,600

    This figure corre…

    i
    02/09/2022
    / prison service
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    Data not disclosed

  • Prison density

    313 %

    The cited prison…

  • Total number of prison facilities

    17
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    2.1 %

    This figure corre…

    i
    02/09/2022
    / prison service
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    4.2 %

    This figure corre…

    i
    02/09/2022
    / prison service
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    66.4 %

    This figure does…

    i
    02/09/2022
    / prison service
  • The death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 2015
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