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Samoa

Capital city — Apia

  • Country population

    197,097
    i
    2019
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    Parliamentary Democracy-elective Monarc…
  • Human Development Index

    0.715

    (111/188)

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

    3.1
    i
    2017
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Prisons and Corrections Ser…
  • Total number of prisoners

    400
    i
    12/2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    204
    i
    12/2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    121 %
    i
    12/2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    4
    i
    2010
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    6 %

    estimated percent…

    i
    2016
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    5 %

    estimated percent…

    i
    2016
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    14 %
    i
    09/2007
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 2004
    i
    PdM
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