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The Gambia
Capital city —
Banjul
Country population
2,705,992
i
2022
/
World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
31
i
04/2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.495
(174/193)
i
2022
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of incarcerated people
543
i
30/04/2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
172.5 %
i
11/2014
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
i
2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.6 %
i
07/2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
9 %
i
08/2019
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
55.6 %
i
30/04/2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
i
PdM
+
Year
2024
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