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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…
+
Year
2022
Contributor(s)
Observatoire marocain des prisons (OMP) / independent experts
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