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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
0.74
(95/188)
i
2020
/ [Human Development Report, United Nations Development Program (PNUD)](
PNUD, Rapport sur le développement humain
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 prisoners
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 female prisone…
3.3 %
i
01/01/2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
i
01/01/2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
54.9 %
i
01/01/2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but suspended in practice
The death penalty…
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Year
2022
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