Barbados

Capital city — Bridgetown

Country population
286,641
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
300
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03/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.813
(56/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
10.5
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
874
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03/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
71 %
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10/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
2.9 %
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03/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
5.9 %
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12/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
56.2 %
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12/2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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Country-profile

Special populations

Female prisoners

2.9 % (25)

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03/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

5.9 %

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12/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried prisoners

56.2 %

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12/2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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