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Dominica

Capital city — Roseau

  • Country population

    72,737
    i
    2022
    / World Bank
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    348
    i
    11/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Parliamentary Republic
  • Human Development Index

    0.74

    (97/193)

    i
    2022
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    13.81
    i
    2021
    / UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Prime Minister's Office
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    261
    i
    11/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    73 %
    i
    07/2015
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    1
    i
    2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    1.1 %
    i
    11/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    0 %
    i
    11/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    50.2 %
    i
    11/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • The death penalty is abolished

    no
    i
    PdM
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