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Morocco and Western Sahara

Capital city — Rabat

  • Country population

    37,457,971
    i
    2022
    / World Bank
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    267
    i
    12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
    i
    CIA World Factbook
  • Human Development Index

    0.698

    (120/193)

    i
    2022
    / UNDP, Human Development Report 2022
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    1.24
    i
    2020
    / UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    the Prime Minister
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    102,653
    i
    31/12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    9.84
    i
    2020
    / prison service, Report 2021, p. 135, tableau 4.
  • Prison density

    158.8 %
    i
    31/12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    75
    i
    2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, in 2018
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    2.5 %
    i
    31/12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    1.2 %
    i
    31/12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    37.6 %
    i
    31/12/2023
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • The death penalty is abolished

    no

    The death penalty…

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