double-arrow-right
paypal
icon
icon
subnav
icon
icon
icon
en
fr
en
es
en
fr
en
es
Make a donation
My account
My personal space
Home
Inform
Compare
Comparison tool
Thematic papers
Prison Life Index
Testimonials
Testimonials
Inside Outside
Interviews
Insights
Portfolios
Explore
About us
Prison Insider
Who we are
Our methodology
Our partners
Our training courses
en
fr
en
es
Home
Inform
Compare
Comparison tool
Thematic papers
Prison Life Index
Testimonials
Testimonials
Inside Outside
Interviews
Insights
Portfolios
Explore
About us
Prison Insider
Who we are
Our methodology
Our partners
Our training courses
Back to map
Algeria
Capital city —
Alger
Country population
43,053,054
i
2019
/
World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
153
i
2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.748
(91/188)
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.4
i
2015
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
65,000
i
2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
89 %
i
12/2014
/
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 female prisone…
1.5 %
i
12/2015
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.8 %
i
12/2015
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
12 %
i
2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
no execution sinc…
i
PdM
+
Year
2021
Introduction
Overview
Safeguards
Special populations
Previous years
Print
Previous years
2021
2020
2017
JavaScript is disabled on your browser or your browser does not support this technology. Please enable or update your browser to get a better browsing experience.
