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Guinea

Capital city — Conakry

  • Country population

    12,400,000
    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Type of government

    Unitary Republic
  • Human Development Index

    0.466

    (174/188)

    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    8.9
    i
    2016
    / WHO, World Health Organization
  • Name of authority in charge of the prison…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    3,782
    i
    2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    28
    i
    2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    157 %
    i
    2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    28
    i
    2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of female prisoners

    3 %

    (estimated figure)

    i
    02/2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    5 %

    (estimated figure)

    i
    02/2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    60 %

    (estimated figure)

    i
    2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 2017
    i
    PdM
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