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Morocco and Western Sahara

Capital city — Rabat

  • Country population

    36,910,056
    i
    2020
    / World Bank
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    232
    i
    12/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Constitutional Monarchy
  • Human Development Index

    0.686

    (121/189)

    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report 2020
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    1.72
    i
    2019
    / UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    the Prime Minister
  • Total number of prisoners

    84,990
    i
    12/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    9.72
    i
    2020
    / DGAPR
  • Prison density

    160 %
    i
    07/2020
    / The Moroccan Observatory of Prisons
  • Total number of prison facilities

    77
    i
    31/12/2019
    / The Moroccan Observatory of Prisons
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, in 2018
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    2.5 %
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    1.3 %

    Including 27 girl…

    i
    31/12/2019
    / The Moroccan Observatory of Prisons
  • Untried prisoners

    46 %
    i
    31/12/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    no, but suspended in practice

    The death penalty…

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