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Antigua and Barbuda

Capital city — Saint John's

  • Country population

    97,928
    i
    2020
    / World Bank
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    216
    i
    2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Constitutional Monarchy
  • Human Development Index

    0.778

    (78/188)

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

    11.1
    i
    2012
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Legal Affairs
  • Total number of incarcerated people

    210
    i
    10/2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    180 %
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    1
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated w…

    4.8 %
    i
    09/2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of incarcerated c…

    0.9 %
    i
    09/2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    38.5 %
    i
    2016
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • The death penalty is abolished

    no
    i
    PdM
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National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

no

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