Algeria

Capital city — Alger

Country population
44,903,225
i
2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
217
i
09/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.745
(93/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.77
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
94,749
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09/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
119 %
i
09/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
162
i
2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
1.5 %
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12/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.8 %
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12/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
19 %
i
09/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
no execution sinc…
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