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Tunisia

Capital city — Tunis

  • Country population

    11,935,764
    i
    2021
    / The World Bank
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    196
    i
    06/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Semi-presidential democracy
  • Human Development Index

    0.732

    (101/193)

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

    5
    i
    2020
    / The World Bank)
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice

    Prisons are admin…

  • Total number of incarcerated people

    23,484
    i
    23/09/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    126.4 %

    The prisons hold…

    i
    2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    32

    Facilities are or…

    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, in 2013
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    3.3 %
    i
    01/01/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    0.2 %
    i
    01/01/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    54.9 %
    i
    01/01/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • The death penalty is abolished

    no

    The death penalty…

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