Egypt

Capital city — Cairo

Country population
102,334,403
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2020
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
118
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.707
(116/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.6
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2012
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
120,000
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04/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR / Arabic Network for Human Rights Intervention (ANHRI)
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
78
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisone…
3.7 %
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12/2006
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
i
12/2002
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
9.9 %
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12/2006
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

Year2021